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[...] quite apart from its theoretical and methodological virtues, Smith's study makes a valuable contribution simply by virtue of its emphasis on the relationship between cinematic continuity and realworld vision. Originally published in 1972, Worth and Adair's book describes an experiment in which a number of young Navajos who were unfamiliar with Hollywood cinema were taught how to use cameras and editing equipment but were not taught about any of the visual conventions of Hollywood filmmaking. In particular, Everett observes that Piraha grammar confines its speakers to the discussion of nonabstract entities within their immediate experience, and therefore lacks such things as numbers (or even the concept of counting), color terms, embedded clauses, and relative tenses.[...] Piraha culture is notable for" the absence of creation myths and fiction, the absence of any individual or collective memory of more …