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- ISBN-10
- 1451628250
- Book Title
- Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary
- ISBN
- 9781451628258
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Babel No more : the Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 16.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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In the tradition of the bestsellers Word Freak and The Language Instinct comes a fascinating exploration of linguistic superlearners whose abilities shed light on the intellectual potential in us all. What do an Italian cardinal, a Connecticut blacksmith, and a German diplomat have in common with an MIT linguist, a Hungarian translator, and a Scottish church organist? They were all "hyperpolyglots," "language superlearners," or "massive multilinguals." In Babel No More , Michael Erard delves into the lives and minds of these intriguing individuals both past and present and discovers the upper limit of the human ability to learn, speak, and remember languages. Hyperpolyglots--people who, by one definition, can use six or more languages--are fascinating not simply because what they do is out of the ordinary. Rather, their accomplishments serve as a point of reference for the rest of us--in some ways they are what the author calls a gifted neural tribe, absorbing language for reasons, and with methods, that few people would emulate. But they are also marked by simple, if dogged, methods--the most prolific multilingual in history, Cardinal Mezzofanti, used flashcards. Taken together, their pursuits present a natural experiment into the limits and the nature of memory and language. Part scientific detective story, part travelogue, part valentine to anyone who's ever hoped to sprechen or parler something other than a mother tongue, Babel No More takes us all over the world to look at language learning in an entirely new way.
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Free Press
ISBN-10
1451628250
ISBN-13
9781451628258
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102926703
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Publication Name
Babel No more : the Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
P140.E73 2012
Reviews
"A fine addition to our favorite books about language...Captivating and illuminating, Babel No More is as much an absorbing piece of investigative voyeurism into superhuman feats as it is an intelligent invitation to visit the outer limits of our own cerebral potential." - The Atlantic Monthly, "In Babel No More , Michael Erard has written the first serious book about the people who master vast numbers of languages... [Erard] approaches his topic with both wonder and a healthy dash of scepticism ... repeatedly pepper[ing] his text with such questions, feeling his way through his story as a thoughtful observer, rather than banging about like an academic with a theory to defend or a pitchman with a technique to sell...fascinating." The Economist, "An intrepid and savvy linguistic explorer, Michael Erard sets out to find the world's masters of multiple languages. He discovers the best of them, and much more about their talents and brains, their motivation and habits, and their places in society. Babel No More brings the genius language learners to life. It will delight the enthusiasts who love the challenge of learning foreign languages, and will comfort the weary who dreaded facing Latin verb conjugations." --Deborah Fallows, author of Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language, "An intrepid and savvy linguistic explorer, Michael Erard sets out to find the world's masters of multiple languages. He discovers the best of them, and much more about their talents and brains, their motivation and habits, and their places in society. Babel No More brings the genius language learners to life. It will delight the enthusiasts who love the challenge of learning foreign languages, and will comfort the weary who dreaded facing Latin verb conjugations."-Deborah Fallows, author of Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language, "Among the surprising qualities of Babel No More, Michael Erard's globe-trekking adventure in search of the world's virtuosos of language learning, is that a book dealing with language acquisition and polyglot linguistics can be so gripping. But indeed it is - part travelogue, part science lesson, part intellectual investigation, it is an entertaining, informative survey of some of the most fascinating polyglots of our time." - The New York Times Book Review, "You'll be awed by the incredible characters in this eye-opening book." - Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking with Einstein, "You'll be awed by the incredible characters in this eye-opening book."-Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking with Einstein, "Erard gets beneath the surface of the hyperpolyglot, piercing the myth of perfect competence, to show the actual landscape of motives, obstacles and satisfactions that texture the world of the long-distance language-learner. [They] are revealed as a tantalizing tribe, individually reticent and even charming, as they offer their incomprehensible fluency to the world at large."-Nicholas Ostler, author of The Last Lingua Franca (2010), "A fascinating study of the unusual ability to learn multiple languages. This opens up a new area of research in the study of giftedness." Ellen Winner, author of Gifted Children, Myths and Realities, "An intrepid and savvy linguistic explorer, Michael Erard sets out to find the world's masters of multiple languages. He discovers the best of them, and much more about their talents and brains, their motivation and habits, and their places in society. Babel No More brings the genius language learners to life. It will delight the enthusiasts who love the challenge of learning foreign languages, and will comfort the weary who dreaded facing Latin verb conjugations." - Deborah Fallows, author of Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language, " Babel No More is a thorough delight. People always have questions for linguists about learning new languages and being bilingual, unaware of the peculiar fact that modern linguistics has nothing to do with learning how to speak new languages. This book finally gives an informed and even addictive guide to why some people pick up new languages so easily and how maybe you can too."-John McWhorter, Columbia University and New Republic Contributing Editor, "You'll be awed by the incredible characters in this eye-opening book." Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking with Einstein, "A fascinating study of the unusual ability to learn multiple languages. This opens up a new area of research in the study of giftedness." - Ellen Winner, author of Gifted Children, Myths and Realities, "Erard gets beneath the surface of the hyperpolyglot, piercing the myth of perfect competence, to show the actual landscape of motives, obstacles and satisfactions that texture the world of the long-distance language-learner. [They] are revealed as a tantalizing tribe, individually reticent and even charming, as they offer their incomprehensible fluency to the world at large." --Nicholas Ostler, author of The Last Lingua Franca (2010), " Babel No More is a thorough delight. People always have questions for linguists about learning new languages and being bilingual, unaware of the peculiar fact that modern linguistics has nothing to do with learning how to speak new languages. This book finally gives an informed and even addictive guide to why some people pick up new languages so easily and how maybe you can too." John McWhorter, Columbia University and New Republic Contributing Editor, "In this book, Michael Erard takes us on a captivating journey in search of hyperpolyglots those rare and unique individuals who have mastered six or more languages. Part biography, part detective story, Erard's spellbinding book offers us a window through which we may view the lives of these remarkable (and remarkably diverse) characters, telling their stories while trying to answer the fundamental question: how did they do it?" Claude Cartaginese, Editor, The Polyglot Project, "In this book, Michael Erard takes us on a captivating journey in search of hyperpolyglots-those rare and unique individuals who have mastered six or more languages. Part biography, part detective story,Erard's spellbinding bookoffers us a window through which we may view the lives of these remarkable (and remarkably diverse)characters, telling their stories whiletrying to answer the fundamental question: how did they do it?" -Claude Cartaginese, Editor, The Polyglot Project, " Babel No More is a thorough delight. People always have questions for linguists about learning new languages and being bilingual, unaware of the peculiar fact that modern linguistics has nothing to do with learning how to speak new languages. This book finally gives an informed and even addictive guide to why some people pick up new languages so easily and how maybe you can too." - John McWhorter, Columbia University and New Republic Contributing Editor, "Erard gets beneath the surface of the hyperpolyglot, piercing the myth of perfect competence, to show the actual landscape of motives, obstacles and satisfactions that texture the world of the long-distance language-learner. [They] are revealed as a tantalizing tribe, individually reticent and even charming, as they offer their incomprehensible fluency to the world at large." Nicholas Ostler, author of The Last Lingua Franca (2010), "A fine addition to our favorite books about language…Captivating andilluminating, Babel No More is as much anabsorbing piece of investigative voyeurism into superhuman feats as it is anintelligent invitation to visit the outer limits of our own cerebralpotential." The Atlantic Monthly, "A fascinating study of the unusual ability to learn multiple languages. This opens up a new area of research in the study of giftedness." -Ellen Winner, author of Gifted Children, Myths and Realities, "You'll be awed by the incredible characters in this eye-opening book." --Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking with Einstein, "An intrepid and savvy linguistic explorer, Michael Erard sets out to find the world's masters of multiple languages. He discovers the best of them, and much more about their talents and brains, their motivation and habits, and their places in society. Babel No More brings the genius language learners to life. It will delight the enthusiasts who love the challenge of learning foreign languages, and will comfort the weary who dreaded facing Latin verb conjugations." Deborah Fallows, author of Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language, "Erard gets beneath the surface of the hyperpolyglot, piercing the myth of perfect competence, to show the actual landscape of motives, obstacles and satisfactions that texture the world of the long-distance language-learner. [They] are revealed as a tantalizing tribe, individually reticent and even charming, as they offer their incomprehensible fluency to the world at large." - Nicholas Ostler, author of The Last Lingua Franca (2010), "Among the surprising qualities of Babel No More, MichaelErard's globe-trekking adventure in search of the world's virtuosos of languagelearning, is that a book dealing with language acquisition and polyglotlinguistics can be so gripping. But indeed it is part travelogue, partscience lesson, part intellectual investigation, it is 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 has written the first serious book about the people who master vast numbers of languages... [Erard] approaches his topic with both wonder and a healthy dash of scepticism ... repeatedly pepper[ing] his text with such questions, feeling his way through his story as a thoughtful observer, rather than banging about like an academic with a theory to defend or a pitchman with a technique to sell...fascinating."- The Economist, "In Babel No More , Michael Erard has written the first serious book about the people who master vast numbers of languages... [Erard] approaches his topic with both wonder and a healthy dash of scepticism ... repeatedly pepper[ing] his text with such questions, feeling his way through his story as a thoughtful observer, rather than banging about like an academic with a theory to defend or a pitchman with a technique to sell...fascinating." - The Economist, "In this book, Michael Erard takes us on a captivating journey in search of hyperpolyglots- those rare and unique individuals who have mastered six or more languages. Part biography, part detective story, Erard's spellbinding book offers us a window through which we may view the lives of these remarkable (and remarkably diverse) characters, telling their stories while trying to answer the fundamental question: how did they do it?" - Claude Cartaginese, Editor, The Polyglot Project, " Babel No More is a thorough delight. People always have questions for linguists about learning new languages and being bilingual, unaware of the peculiar fact that modern linguistics has nothing to do with learning how to speak new languages. This book finally gives an informed and even addictive guide to why some people pick up new languages so easily and how maybe you can too." --John McWhorter, Columbia University and New Republic Contributing Editor, "A fascinating study of the unusual ability to learn multiple languages. This opens up a new area of research in the study of giftedness." --Ellen Winner, author of Gifted Children, Myths and Realities
Copyright Date
2012
Target Audience
Trade
Topic
Speech, Linguistics / Historical & Comparative, World, Literacy
Lccn
2011-027964
Dewey Decimal
401/.93
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Language Arts & Disciplines, History
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