The New Yorker; photograph by Martin Schoeller
16 April 2007
John Colapinto profiles Daniel Everett and examines the debate over whether the Pirahã language challenges Noam Chomsky’s theory of universal grammar.
On the work“Everett has forced many researchers to reevaluate basic assumptions about the relationship among culture, language and cognition.”
Edward Gibson, MIT
A documentary following Daniel Everett back to the Pirahã community and exploring what their language may reveal about the relationship between language and culture.
A documentary examining missionary John Chau’s fatal attempt to contact the Sentinelese, with Daniel Everett drawing on his own experience to provide historical and personal context.
A 40-minute interview about Everett’s early work with the Pirahã and how learning their language transformed his religious outlook.
