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Old 07-27-2010, 10:14 AM   #99
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Originally Posted by beppe View Post
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?
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.
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