Blast from the past! (Piraha notes)

Here are some long delayed preliminary (and kind of crude) notes on Piraha.

Here is an article challenging many of Everett's claims.

As it turns out, the Piraha do have a word for 'publicity picture'....

Linguistic relativity - second post

Here is part two of the notes on linguistic relativity.

No, I don't know what this is either.

Linguistic relativity - first post

Okay, here's the first post on linguistic relativity.

Here are the first notes.

Here is the main article I'm using for the time being.

Here is another general introduction.

More to come!

First post on Riau Indonesian

Here is a preliminary version of notes for Riau Indonesian.

I think I should check this out personally.

Anyway, here are some links to some relevant articles:

Here is an article where he describes how he 'discovered' the language and explains what Riau Indonesian is and isn't.

Here is a description of the 'associative' properties of Riau Indonesian (very jargony).

Here is Yoder's paper challenging many of Gil's claims.

First post and some links

Okay this is the first posting on this blog.

Here is a link to the first version of design features of human languages. This may be updated/revised later.

Here is the main article on Piraha for this (and maybe next (week). It's a good idea to print this out.

Here's a handout from a presentation by the author. It presents much of the same information in abbreviated format with examples that are easier to deal with.

See you Thursday!