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Re: OT: Piraha

From:Paul Roser <pkroser@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 15:12
Piraha is certainly an interesting language. For more on the language and
the controversy surrounding it --

Jeffrey Pullum's languagelog has several entries discussing Piraha, including:

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003162.html
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003162.html
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004387.html

(the last one includes discussion about the current debate over this language)

Everett's paper for Current Anthropology with comments from a number of
linguists as well as Everett's response is available at:

http://ldc.upenn.edu/myl/llog/EverettPiraha.pdf

Suzette Haden Elgin (linguist/scifi writer/conlanger) comments on her blog:

http://ozarque.livejournal.com/366196.html?thread=6873204



Regards,
Bfowol

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