"Die größte Erfindung der Menschheit: Was mich meine Jahre am Amazonas über das Wesen der Sprache gelehrt haben" von Harald Stadler ist ein faszinierendes Sachbuch, in dem der Autor seine Erfahrungen und Erkenntnisse aus seiner Zeit im...

In his groundbreaking new book Daniel Everett seeks answers to questions that have perplexed thinkers from Plato to Chomsky: when and how did language begin? What is it? And what is it for?Daniel Everett confounds the conventional wisdom...

Everett was a missionary with a plan to convert the Pirahas, but they ended up converting him. Over time, he learnt their language and began to see the world how they saw it. They also challenge Noam Chomsky's universally accepted...