Narrative
As a writer of popular (linguistic) science, and as the subject of a documentary film on his life and work, Professor Dan Everett’s research on Amazonian languages like Pirahã has widely influenced popular understanding and debate about the relations between language, mind and culture. The spectacular, and sometimes controversial, conclusions of his fieldwork, theoretical and popular writings challenge the claim that all human beings are endowed with an innate language faculty and challenge the ways in which cultural values are constructed.| Impact date | 2014 |
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| Category of impact | Cultural impacts, Societal impacts |
| Impact level | Benefit |
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Research output
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Cultural constraints on grammar and cognition in Pirahã: Another look at the design features of human language
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Coherent fieldwork
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter