Pirahã culture and grammar: A response to some criticisms

Language

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 405-442

  Everett, Daniel L ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Immediacy of experience; Pirah ; Recursion; Universal grammar 1; Universal grammar 2

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149122612     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: 15350665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lan.0.0104     Document Type: Article

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