35.2909, Books: From fieldwork to linguistic theory: Gibson and Poliak (eds.) (2024)

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Date: 17-Oct-2024
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [sebastian.nordhoff at langsci-press.org]
Subject: From fieldwork to linguistic theory: Gibson and Poliak (eds.) (2024)


Title: From fieldwork to linguistic theory
Subtitle: A tribute to Dan Everett
Series Title: Empirically Oriented Theoretical Morphology and Syntax
Publication Year: 2024
Publisher: Language Science Press
                http://langsci-press.org
Book URL: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/434

Editor: Edward Gibson
Editor: Moshe Poliak
eBook: ISBN: 978-3-96110-473-4 Pages: 452 Price: Europe EURO 0
Abstract:

Dan Everett is a renowned linguist with an unparalleled breadth of
contributions, ranging from fieldwork to linguistic theory, including
phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, sociolinguistics,
psycholinguistics, historical linguistics, philosophy of language, and
philosophy of linguistics. Born on the U.S. Mexican border, Daniel
Everett faced much adversity growing up and was sent as a missionary
to convert the Pirahã in the Amazonian jungle, a group of people who
speak a language that no outsider had been able to become proficient
in. Although no Pirahã person was successfully converted, Everett
successfully learned and studied Pirahã, as well as multiple other
languages in the Americas. Ever steadfast in pursuing data-driven
language science, Everett debunked generativist claims about syntactic
recursion, for which he was repeatedly attacked. In addition to
conducting fieldwork with many understudied languages and
revolutionizing linguistics, Everett has published multiple works for
the general public: "Don’t sleep, there are snakes, Language: The
cultural tool, and how language began". This book is a collection of
15 articles that are related to Everett’s work over the years,
released after a tribute event for Dan Everett that was held at MIT on
June 8th 2023.

Linguistic Field(s): Typology

Written In: English (eng)



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