A groundbreaking and controversial new theory about how we talk.
Daniel Everett is Dean of Arts and Sciences at Bentley University in Massachusetts. Previously, he was Chair of the department of languages, literatures and cultures at Illinois State University. He is the author of Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes.
Impressively modest and reasoned ... deserves a serious reading *
Economist *
Revelatory. There is nothing about humans that is quite as
astonishing as language * Guardian *
A book whose importance is almost impossible to overstate. This is
an intellectual cri de coeur and a profound celebration of human
diversity ... A very rich but also very readable book * Sunday
Times *
The most important - and provocative - anthropological field work
ever undertaken -- Tom Wolfe
Controversial, driven by data from across the sciences, and
leavened with wit - Language: The Cultural Tool is the book on
language I have been waiting and waiting for. A masterpiece, and
then some -- Patricia S. Churchland
A must-read for anyone having an interest in knowing what makes us
human -- Patricia S. Churchland
The most recent and most eloquent account of a remarkable sea
change that is taking place in our understanding of the nature of
human language -- Michael Corballis
This is exciting work. I learned a tremendous amount from it, as
will anyone who is concerned with the nature of language and of
mind -- Robert Brandom
Thoughtfully reflecting on the communicative ecologies of the
Amazonian peoples among whom he has lived and worked, Dan Everett
mounts an impassioned argument that language has adaptively emerged
as our species' "tool" for achieving social collectivity via
discourse -- Michael Silverstein
A radical reassessment of the origin and evolution of
language....The book eloquently reminds us that the incredible
diversity of languages on this planet reflect different ways of
thinking and being in the world - a phenomenon that might sadly be
on the verge of extinction -- Robert Greene
A very good read ... a most lively introduction * Times Higher
Educational Supplement *
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