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Babel No More The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners

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ISBN-10: 1451628269

ISBN-13: 9781451628265

Edition: N/A

Authors: Michael Erard

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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).We all learn at least one language as children. But what does it take to learn six languages…or seventy? InBabel 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 Italian cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti, who was said to speak seventy-two languages; Emil Krebs, a pugnacious…    
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List price: $27.00
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 10/2/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.37" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

Allyson Lewis is a renowned time strategy expert, productivity speaker, and author of three books who has spent the last thirty years developing and teaching concrete, actionable business ideas to executives all over the country. Now, in The 7 Minute Solution, she shares these winning techniques and explains how you can apply them to all aspects of life. She lives in Jonesboro, Arkansas.Michael Erard has graduate degrees in linguistics and rhetoric from the University of Texas at Austin. He's written about language, linguists, and linguistics for Wired, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and many other publications and is a contributing writer for The Texas Observer and Design Observer. He…