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“Corners bumped. Dirty marks on edge of pages Slight Scratches to Cover”
Languages
English
ISBN
9780715645680

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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
Author
Michael Erard
Format
Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
218 mm
Item Weight
424 g
Item Width
146 mm

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Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Title_Author
Michael Erard

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