Course materials

David Gil (MPI EVA)

How different can languages be?

Colapinto, John (2007): The Interpreter. Has a Remote Amazonian Tribe Upended Our Understanding of Language?. The New Yorker, April 16 2007. [PDF]

Everett, Daniel L. (2005): Cultural Constraints on Grammar and Cognition in Pirahã: Another Look at the Design Features of Human Language. Current Anthropology 46:621–646. [PDF]

Everett, Daniel L. (2006): Discussion on Cultural Constraints in Pirahã Grammar. Current Anthropology 47:143–145. [PDF]

Everett, Daniel L. (to appear): Interview with Dan Everett, in G. Sampson, D. Gil and P. Trudgill, eds.: Language Complexity as an Evolving Variable. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [PDF]

Dan Everett's website