Pablo Flores

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Pirahã lacks disjunction because it, like coordination, requires putting phrases inside of other phrases—recursion. The Pirahãs would say, for example, rather than “Either Bob or Bill will come,” something like “Bob will come. Bill will come. Hmm. I don’t know.”
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle (Vintage Departures)
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