The Grammar of Happiness (2012)
Douban
幸福的语法
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亚马逊密码
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The Amazon Code
director:
Michael O'Neill
actor:
Daniel Everett
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诺姆·乔姆斯基
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Steven Pinker
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John Searle
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Edward Gibson
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género:
Documentary
región:
Australia
idioma:
Inglés
duración: 52m
fecha de publicación: 2012-01-25
IMDb: tt2145426
sinopsis
A language that can be spoken, hummed, or whistled? A language with no unique words for color or numbers? Linguistics professor Daniel Everett claims that the unique language of the Piraha people of the Amazon is exactly that. More than 30 years ago, he traveled as a missionary into the amazon rainforest to teach the tribe, but they ended up teaching him. Their way of life and unique form of communication have profoundly changed Everett, and inspired a theory that could undermine the most powerful theory (or theorist) of linguistics.