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Item specifics
- Condition
- Title
- Mezzofanti's Gift
- ISBN
- 0715645684
- EAN
- 9780715645680
- Type
- Paperback / softback
- Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Date of Publication
- 2013-07-18
- Publication Name
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- Release Title
- Mezzofanti's Gift
- Artist
- Erard, Michael
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Multilingualism is on the rise in the coming decades, as many as two billion people will learn English as a second language. The next stage up from multilingualism is the domain of the hyperpolyglot or superlearner: someone who claims to know at least six languages. But what does it mean to know a language? Can a person claim to speak a language fluently if it isn't their mother tongue? What role does culture play in learning languages? In this accessible and enthralling book, Michael Erard discusses the upper limits of the brain's capacity to learn languages and sheds light on the hyperpolyglot phenomenon, from the Italian cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti, who was said to speak as many as seventy-two languages, to the superlearners of the 21st century. Erard's exploration spans the globe as he travels to meet these living marvels and to investigate those of antiquity, and his discoveries not only illuminate the intellectual potential within all of us, but also indicate how we might begin to unlock it.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Duckworth Overlook
ISBN-13
9780715645680
eBay Product ID (ePID)
152669448
Product Key Features
Publication Year
2013
Book Title
Mezzofanti's Gift
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
218 mm
Item Weight
424 g
Item Width
146 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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VAT number: DE 281042328, EL 996857788, ES N8267548I, FR 27823676960, GB 922696893, IT 00185819992
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- j***c (697)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseFantastic Seller. Great quality and condition of item.Fast delivery and Expertly packed to ensure the item is safe. Great Communication when asking a question and always polite and to the point. Item received is exactly what was described. Fair price charged and cost was not over the top. So very, very pleased with this Seller I will rate them No.1 and made the experience of buying on EBay a VERY HAPPY one. Would definitely buy again! Thank you so much.
- x***9 (2643)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseA regular top notch seller. Goods as described. Communication exact and helpful. Fast posting. Wrapped with thin plastic, three books in one. If only all sellers were this fast getting goods out the door. Clean used condition. Great value on some books, have to hunt around for competition. These are near enough.
- c***4 (201)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe book arrived in perfect condition well packaged. It was a couple of days later than promised but I think this was a PO problem rather than the seller. A good price and as described. When the seller was contacted as the book had not arrived they immediately replied - could not fault. Would use this seller again.