Pirahã: O Caso Mais Polêmico da Linguística | João Carvalho [Re-Upload]

Hello young people! There is a language spoken in the Amazon that challenges some of the most fundamental ideas of modern linguistics. The Pirahã live without numbers, without a distant past, without an abstract future—and yet they function in a perfectly coherent way within their own cultural logic. In this web documentary, I explore the case of the Pirahã language, studied by Daniel Everett, which directly clashed with the idea of ​​Universal Grammar, defended by Noam Chomsky. More than a linguistic curiosity, Pirahã raises a profound question: Does a universal structure of the human mind really exist—or does culture shape even what we consider most basic, such as language, time, and number? This is not a video about exoticism. It is an essay on the limits of science, philosophy, and our own worldview. ► Subscribe to FILMICCA for ONE YEAR for ONLY R$99.90 - Go to filmicca.com.br now and choose the PIX PASS - valid only until 05/01/2026 ► Tio and BOITEMPO have partnered to celebrate the PUBLISHER'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY - Use the coupon JOAO20 and get 20% off ALL BOOKS FROM BOITEMPO AND BOITATA - https://www.boitempoeditorial.com.br/ ► Tio and Expressão Popular have partnered and you're the winner! 15% off the entire site with the coupon ASSIMDISSEOJOAO - https://expressaopopular.com.br/ ► DONA INSIDER IS BACK!!!!! 15% OFF YOUR CART USING COUPON JOAOCARVALHO - https://creators.insiderstore.com.br/... ► CHECK OUT ICL COURSES at https://icl.com.br/joaocarvalho ------------------------------------------------------------------ ► SUPPORT US ON APOIA-SE AND STRENGTHEN THE CHANNEL https://apoia.se/assimdisseojoao ► BECOME A MEMBER OF OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL! https://www.youtube.com/assimdisseojo... ► NEVER MISS A LIVE ANNOUNCEMENT from your uncle, nor PREMIERES, CUTS, GIVEAWAYS and other content! Access the channel in your favorite messaging app and activate notifications! Telegram ► https://curte.me/joao/telegram | WhatsApp ► https://curte.me/joao/zap ► NEED HELP? Seek support with SAMECA! https://curte.me/sameca ------------------------------------------------------------------ FOLLOW UNCLE JOÃO CARVALHO ON SOCIAL MEDIA! Historian, professor, master's degree holder, doctoral candidate, writer, editor, translator of very vibrant languages ​​and others much less so, podcaster, accidental humorist, and whatever else comes his way, he'll handle it! ►   / assimdisseojoao   ►   / assimdisseojoao   ► https://curte.me/j/bsky ►   / assimdisseojoao   ► CHECK OUT UNCLE'S PROJECT WITH ALBERTO DELL'ISOLA ON SCIENCE OUTREACH - https://www.youtube.com/ @HoraBoaPodcast ------------------------------------------------------------------ Our HUGE THANKS to ALL MEMBERS and SUPPORTERS OF THE CHANNEL, who make the CONTINUATION of our work POSSIBLE! Thank you so much! #JoãoCarvalho #AssimdisseoJoão #Historian #History Bibliography – Further Reading CHOMSKY, Noam. Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1965. CHOMSKY, Noam. Reflections on Language. New York: Pantheon Books, 1975. EVERETT, Daniel L. Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle. New York: Pantheon Books, 2008. EVERETT, Daniel L. Language: The Cultural Tool. New York: Vintage Books, 2012. GORDON, Peter. “Numerical Cognition Without Words: Evidence from Amazonia.” Science, vol. 306, no. 5695, 2004. HAYES, Bruce. “On the Phonological System of Pirahã.” Linguistic Inquiry, vol. 37, no. 3, 2006. MERLEAU-PONTY, Maurice. Phénoménologie de la perception. Paris: Gallimard, 1945. SAPIR, Edward. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech. New York: Harcourt, 1921. WHORF, Benjamin Lee. Language, Thought and Reality. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1956. VIVEIROS DE CASTRO, Eduardo. Cannibal Metaphysics: Elements for a Post-structural Anthropology. São Paulo: Cosac Naify, 2015. DESCOLA, Philippe. Beyond Nature and Culture. Paris: Gallimard, 2005. SEVERI, Carlo. The Mirror and the Skull: Anthropology of Memory and the Imaginary. Rio de Janeiro: Contracapa, 2004.