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Mezzofanti's Gift

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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 isnt their mother tongue? What role does culture play in learning languages?

Product Overview
ISBN 9780715645680
Categories New Arrivals, Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction: Personal Development, Reference
Author(s) Michael Erard
Publisher Duckworth Overlook
Weight 0.47 kg
English
English