Daniel Everett | |
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 Everett at the University of Campinas | |
| Born | Daniel Leonard Everett 26 July 1951 Holtville, California, U.S. |
| Awards | Many National Science Foundation grants; FIPA; Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Campinas |
| Influences | Noam Chomsky, Edward Sapir, Kenneth L. Pike, Franz Boas, William James, John Searle, Clifford Geertz, Marvin Harris |
| Academic work | |
| Main interests | Linguistics, anthropology, tacit cognition |
| Notable works | Don't Sleep, There are Snakes; Language: The Cultural Tool; Grammar of the Wari' Language; Linguistic Fieldwork: A Student Guide (with Jeanette Sakel) |
| Notable ideas | Grammars can be shaped by cultures; there are finite grammars in nonfinite languages [clarification needed] |
Daniel Leonard Everett (born July 26, 1951) is an American linguist and author best known for his study of the Amazon basin's Pirahã people and their language.
Everett is currently[when?] Trustee Professor of Cognitive Sciences at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. From July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2018, Everett served as Dean of Arts and Sciences at Bentley. Prior to Bentley University, Everett was chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. He has taught at the University of Manchester and the University of Campinas and is former chair of the Linguistics Department of the University of Pittsburgh.