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About the (semiotic) limits of the human language: Discussing the case of Pirahã
About the (semiotic) limits of the human language: Discussing the case of Pirahã

Author(s): Ekaterina Velmezova
Subject(s): Semiotics / Semiology, Conference Report
Published by: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus

Summary/Abstract: On 21 February 2017, the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow hosted a conference devoted to the discussion of the book by Daniel L. Everett that had been published in Russian in 2016 under the title Ne spi – krugom zmei! Byt i yazyk indejtsev amazonskih dzhunglej (Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes [Around]: Life and Language [of the Indians] in the Amazonian Jungle).

  • Issue Year: 46/2018
  • Issue No: 2-3
  • Page Range: 392-397
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English