Daniel Everett
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Daniel Everett is an American linguist and anthropologist known for his fieldwork on the Pirahã people and for challenging Noam Chomsky’s theories of universal grammar.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Daniel Everett canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4094659 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daniel Everett Context triple: [Universal Grammar, criticizedBy, Daniel Everett]
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A.
Robert Blust
Robert Blust was an influential American linguist and Austronesian specialist known for his extensive comparative and historical work on the languages of the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Roger Blench
Roger Blench is a British linguist, anthropologist, and Africanist known for his extensive fieldwork and research on under-documented languages and cultures, particularly in Africa.
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C.
Joseph Greenberg
Joseph Greenberg was an influential American linguist best known for his work on language classification and universals, including proposing major language families such as Nilo-Saharan.
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D.
Paul Kiparsky
Paul Kiparsky is a prominent linguist known for his influential work in generative phonology and historical linguistics.
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E.
Michael Kenstowicz
Michael Kenstowicz is an American linguist and phonologist known for his influential work on generative phonology and for co-authoring widely used textbooks in the field.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daniel Everett Target entity description: Daniel Everett is an American linguist and anthropologist known for his fieldwork on the Pirahã people and for challenging Noam Chomsky’s theories of universal grammar.
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A.
Robert Blust
Robert Blust was an influential American linguist and Austronesian specialist known for his extensive comparative and historical work on the languages of the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Roger Blench
Roger Blench is a British linguist, anthropologist, and Africanist known for his extensive fieldwork and research on under-documented languages and cultures, particularly in Africa.
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C.
Joseph Greenberg
Joseph Greenberg was an influential American linguist best known for his work on language classification and universals, including proposing major language families such as Nilo-Saharan.
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D.
Paul Kiparsky
Paul Kiparsky is a prominent linguist known for his influential work in generative phonology and historical linguistics.
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E.
Michael Kenstowicz
Michael Kenstowicz is an American linguist and phonologist known for his influential work on generative phonology and for co-authoring widely used textbooks in the field.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropologist
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author ⓘ human ⓘ linguist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Moody Bible Institute
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University of Campinas ⓘ University of Pittsburgh ⓘ |
| employer |
Bentley University
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Illinois State University ⓘ University of Manchester ⓘ |
| familyName | Everett ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Amazonian languages
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anthropology ⓘ language and culture ⓘ language evolution ⓘ linguistics ⓘ phonology ⓘ syntax ⓘ |
| givenName | Daniel ⓘ |
| knownFor |
arguments against linguistic nativism
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challenging Noam Chomsky's theory of universal grammar ⓘ claims about the absence of recursion in Pirahã ⓘ work on the relationship between culture and grammar ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Pirahã ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ |
| name | Daniel Everett self-link ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
Pirahã language lacks recursion
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cultural constraints on grammar ⓘ language as a cultural tool ⓘ rejection of universal grammar ⓘ |
| notableStudent | researchers influenced in debates on universal grammar ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dark Matter of the Mind
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Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes ⓘ Language: The Cultural Tool ⓘ fieldwork on the Pirahã people ⓘ research on the Pirahã language ⓘ |
| occupation |
anthropologist
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linguist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| participantIn |
debates on universal grammar
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public debates with Noam Chomsky's followers ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Amazon rainforest
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Brazil ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Dean of Arts and Sciences at Bentley University ⓘ |
| religion | former Christian missionary ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Daniel Everett Description of subject: Daniel Everett is an American linguist and anthropologist known for his fieldwork on the Pirahã people and for challenging Noam Chomsky’s theories of universal grammar.
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