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Has a remote Amazonian tribe upended our understanding of language?

Dan Everett believes that Pirahã undermines Noam Chomsky’s idea of a universal grammar.

[ED. NOTE: Thanks to the New Yorker for making available the link to John Colapinto's article.]

A TRIBE APART [1]

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Has a remote Amazonian tribe upended our understanding of language?

Dan Everett believes that Pirahã undermines Noam Chomsky’s idea of a universal grammar.

[ED. NOTE: Thanks to the New Yorker for making available the link to John Colapinto's article.]

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[1] http://www.edge.org/news/a-tribe-apart
[2] http://is.gd/fB0Kcw
[3] http://www.edge.org/conversation/recursion-and-human-thought
[4] http://www.newyorker.com/online/2007/04/16/slideshow_070416_piraha