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Originally Posted by beppe
Very useful post, Jerry. Tell me, please. Are the two part distinct enough so that a poor soul can just read the parts of the Pirahã themselves by themselves?
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For the most part, the linguistics and the anthropological sections are pretty well separated within chapters. The first half is pretty much 100% Piraha and the chapters after seem to switch back and forth.
I thought the book was worth my time *but* I did skip large swaths of technical stuff.