Name: Babel no More: The Search for the World'S Most Extraordinary Language Learners (en Inglés)
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Author: Erard, Michael
ISBN: 9781451628265

portada Babel no More: The Search for the World'S Most Extraordinary Language Learners (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Michael Erard

Editorial

Free Press

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

320

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

21.1 x 14.0 x 2.0 cm

Peso

0.29 kg.

ISBN

1451628269

ISBN13

9781451628265

Categorías

Lingüísticas
Historia general y del mundo
Biología

Babel no More: The Search for the World'S Most Extraordinary Language Learners (en Inglés)

Michael Erard (Autor) · Free Press · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Babel no More: The Search for the World'S Most Extraordinary Language Learners (en Inglés)"

A "fascinating" (The Economist) dive into the world of linguistics that is "part travelogue, part science lesson, part intellectual investigation...an entertaining, informative survey of some of the most fascinating polyglots of our time" (The New York Times Book Review). In Babel No More, Michael Erard, "a monolingual with benefits," sets out on a quest to meet language superlearners and make sense of their mental powers. On the way he uncovers the secrets of historical figures like the nineteenth-century Italian cardinal Joseph Mezzofanti, who was said to speak seventy-two languages, as well as those of living language-superlearners such as Alexander Arguelles, a modern-day polyglot who knows dozens of languages and shows Erard the tricks of the trade to give him a dark glimpse into the life of obsessive language acquisition. With his ambitious examination of what language is, where it lives in the brain, and the cultural implications of polyglots' pursuits, Erard explores the upper limits of our ability to learn and use languages and illuminates the intellectual potential in everyone. How do some people escape the curse of Babel--and what might the gods have demanded of them in return?