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Mezzofanti’s Gift: The Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners

By Michael Erard

Book information

Publisher
Duckworth & Co
ISBN
0715645684, 9780715645680
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3009789 bytes)
Pages
0\0
Time added
2016-11-17 22:32:37
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Description

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?

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