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| Author | : Michael Erard |
| File Size | : 50,9 Mb |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 10 January 2012 |
| ISBN | : 9781451628258 |
| Pages | : 322 pages |
Assesses historical "hyperpolyglot" linguistic high achievers who demonstrated an extraordinary capacity for learning and speaking languages, and explains the sources of such abilities and what it reveals about the nature of memory and language.
Assesses historical "hyperpolyglot" linguistic high achievers who demonstrated an extraordinary capacity for learning and speaking languages, and explains the sources of such abilities and what it reveals about the nature of memory and language.
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