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Mezzofanti's Gift: : Michael Erard
GBP 5.00
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Condition:
“Light wear to the covers, page edges tanned. Orders received by 3pm Sent from the UK that weekday.”
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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GBP 15.00 (approx RM 84.17) Royal Mail International Tracked & Signed.
Located in: New Mills, United Kingdom
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eBay item number:313606647724
Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “Light wear to the covers, page edges tanned. Orders received by 3pm Sent from the UK that weekday.”
- Type
- Paperback
- Publication Name
- Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
- Binding
- Paperback
- Year Printed
- 2013
- Date Published
- 2013
- Dimensions
- 16 x 2.5 x 23 cm
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN
- 9780715645680
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Mezzofanti's Gift
- Item Height
- 218mm
- Publisher
- Duckworth Overlook
- Item Width
- 146mm
- Item Weight
- 424g
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
About this product
Product Information
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? In this accessible and enthralling book, Michael Erard discusses the upper limits of the brain's capacity to learn languages and sheds light on the hyperpolyglot phenomenon, from the Italian cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti, who was said to speak as many as seventy-two languages, to the superlearners of the 21st century. Erard's exploration spans the globe as he travels to meet these living marvels and to investigate those of antiquity, and his discoveries not only illuminate the intellectual potential within all of us, but also indicate how we might begin to unlock it.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Duckworth Overlook
ISBN-13
9780715645680
eBay Product ID (ePID)
152669448
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mezzofanti's Gift
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
218mm
Item Width
146mm
Item Weight
424g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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- GB 131224760
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