Hello all,<br><br>Some of you may find the documentary *The Grammar of Happiness* of interest. It is currently available online at the Smithsonian Channel at the following link. <br><br><a href="http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/sn/show.do?show=141519">http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/sn/show.do?show=141519</a><br>
<br>However, I don't believe it is available to folks outside the US.<br><br><h3 id="show-name">The Grammar of Happiness</h3>
<p id="show-blurb">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.</p><p>Regards,</p><p>Shannon<br></p>