Grammar of Happiness: Online

[s.t. bischoff]

Hello all,

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.

http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/sn/show.do?show=141519

However, I don't believe it is available to folks outside the US.

The Grammar of Happiness

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.

Regards,

Shannon
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