Re: Piraha, was Re: Introducing myself, and several questions
| From: | Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, February 18, 2005, 16:41 |
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Hallo!
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:08:35 EST,
Doug Dee <AmateurLinguist@...> wrote:
> In a message dated 2/17/2005 12:10:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> joerg_rhiemeier@WEB.DE writes:
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> >There is a tradition of such hoaxes, which usually concern some kind
> >of "discovery" that challenges a well-established assumption of the
> >discipline in question (this time, the linguistic uniformitarian
> >principle). I have seen several such hoaxes; the Pirahã matter
> >looks like another one of those.
>
> When yu say it's a hoax, are you suggesting that the linguist Dan Everett is
> hoaxing us, or that the Piraha are hoaxing him?
Either Dan Everett is hoaxing us (is the date of publication perhaps
close to Apr. 1?), or he thoroughly misinterpreted his field data.
LOTS of falsehoods have been pulished about languages in the past,
especially by people who believe in the "Sapir-Whorf" hypothesis.
Greetings,
Jörg.