
Don't sleep, there are snakes Summary
life and language in the Amazonian jungle
Key Themes in the Don't sleep, there are snakes Summary
- linguistic relativity
- universal grammar critique
- missionary deconversion
- pirahã culture
- amazonian ethnography
Best Quotes from the Don't sleep, there are snakes Summary
My mission was clear-as an evangelical missionary, I was sent to "change their hearts" and persuade them to worship my god.
Gratitude and penitence were expressed through actions rather than words.
The river defines Piraha life so completely that this book could have been called "The Water People."
You don't know how to carry this.
Characters in the Don't sleep, there are snakes Summary
- Daniel EverettAuthor, missionary, and linguistic anthropologist
- KoxoiThe author's first Piraha language teacher
- KohoibiiihiaiA respected Piraha leader and hunter
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