In Babel 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 the nineteenth-century Italian cardinal Joseph Mezzofanti, who was said to speak seventy-two languages, as well as those of living language-superlearners such as Alexander Arguelles, a modern-day polyglot who knows dozens of languages and shows Erard the tricks of the trade to give him a dark glimpse into the life of obsessive language acquisition. With his ambitious examination Babel No More - Michael Erard od authora Michael Erard a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Michael Erard |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
306 |
Rok vydání |
2012 |
Nakladatelství |
Free Press |