Fight Night · Episode #2547
Daniel Everett
Linguist Daniel Everett on life with the Pirahã, the origins of language and his long feud with Noam Chomsky.
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Everett says he writes about a Pirahã teenager in his book Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes.
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Blue corner · Mentioned by⏱ Timestamp 00:39:21
Everett refers to his book How Language Began while discussing Homo erectus and boat-building.
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Everett lists the first Chomsky books he read, including "the media one", Manufacturing Consent.
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Everett calls Aspects of the Theory of Syntax, the first Chomsky book he read, "just genius".
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Everett praises American Power and the New Mandarins, Chomsky's book about Vietnam.
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Everett says Tom Wolfe's last book, The Kingdom of Speech, covered his controversy with Chomsky.
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