The Grammar of Happiness by https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b en-us 2022-12-02 17:26:30 UTC 2025-12-30 00:56:26 UTC hello@padlet.com Daniel Everett lpennington4994 https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2406949768 - He began as a Christian missionary with his wife and children, but the people of Pirahã eventually converted him.
-He built trust with them and they took liking to him.
-He learned their language by simply starting from picking up items and repeating what was said.
- He makes bold claims that go against Chomsky's belief that have extreme negative reactions.

]]> 2022-12-02 17:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2406949768 The People of Pirahã lpennington4994 https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2406958621 -There are four villages in the tributary of the Amazon.
-It is a four day boat ride from anywhere to reach the villages.
-They have extremely limited contact with other influences, besides the measles outbreak in the 1950's where there was contact with missionaries.
-They have been very closed off to foreigners.

]]> 2022-12-02 17:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2406958621 The Language of the Pirahã lpennington4994 https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2406971673 -The language only has the present tense.
-This word in the same word for ear, skin, foreigner, hand, and brazil nut shell.
-There are no colors or numbers because there is no need.]]> 2022-12-02 17:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2406971673 Recursion lpennington4994 https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407032787 -Chomsky believed in the theory of recursion. This is that in human language, we can combine an endless number of ideas into a single sentence.
-According to Everett, this was untrue of the language used by the Parahã people. 
-They lack recursion, color, number, and tenses.


]]> 2022-12-02 18:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407032787 Universal Grammar lpennington4994 https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407051003 -Everett also believes he has evidence against Chomsky's universal grammar theory.
-Chomsky believes there is an aspect of grammar that is hardwired in the brain.
-The Pirahã people have had very little influence from other languages and cultures.
-They have no use of the past and future tense.]]> 2022-12-02 19:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407051003 Scientific Evidence lpennington4994 https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407083389 -Everett's team begins a scientific experiment to support his claim of the lack of recursion.
-Decades worth of recordings of the language are compiled into a database. After months of MIT computers analyzing the data, there is no clear evidence of recursion.
-For example there are no words that replicate "and" or "or". There is no complex syntactical structure.]]> 2022-12-02 19:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407083389 Outcomes lpennington4994 https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407088661 -After Everett's publishings generated backlash, some wrote to the Brazil government accusing Everett of conducting racist experiments.
-Everett was denied by the Brazilian government to come back to the Pirahã people.
-The government began developing the area. Housing and a school were built. Here they would learn Portuegese. They even introduced them to electricity and television. This will cause many changes to the culture.]]> 2022-12-02 19:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407088661 lpennington4994 https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407094603 2022-12-02 19:45:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407094603 lpennington4994 https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407097841 2022-12-02 19:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407097841 lpennington4994 https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407100858 2022-12-02 19:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407100858 lpennington4994 https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407106916 2022-12-02 19:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407106916 lpennington4994 https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407107742 2022-12-02 20:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407107742 lpennington4994 https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407108778 2022-12-02 20:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407108778 lpennington4994 https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407135717 Outcomes]]> 2022-12-02 20:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lpennington4994/sshw7y3dnb99qr9b/wish/2407135717