Mezzofanti's Gift by Michael Erard (Paperback, 2013)

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First Edition : False. Slight marks to cover and edge of pages. Publication Date : 2013-07-18. Condition : Like New. ISBN : 0715645684. Publisher : Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd.

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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.

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PublisherDuckworth Overlook
ISBN-139780715645680
eBay Product ID (ePID)152669448

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Publication Year2013
Book TitleMezzofanti's Gift
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorMichael Erard
FormatPaperback

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Item Height218 mm
Item Weight424 g
Item Width146 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorMichael Erard

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