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Babel No More：The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners

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作者: 著
出版社: Free Press
2012-01
ISBN: 9781451628258
定价: 185.00
装帧: 精装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 320页
正文语种: 英语
分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>综合性图书
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  • Wealllearnatleastonelanguageaschildren.Butwhatdoesittaketolearnsixlanguages,twenty...seventy?Suchfeatsoflinguisticprowessprovideaglimpseintowhatthehumanbrainiscapableof—andholdupamirrortoourdesiretolivewithoutlanguagebarriersonashrinkingplanet.InBabelNoMore,MichaelErard,“amonolingualwithbenefits,”setsoutonaquesttomeetlanguagesuperlearnersandmakesenseoftheirmentalpowers.Onthewayheuncoversthesecretsofhistoricalfigureslikethenineteenth-centuryItaliancardinalGiuseppeMezzofanti,whowassaidtospeakseventy-twolanguagesandwassuchalegendthatwhenhediedpeoplealloverEuropeviedforhisskull.EmilKrebs,apugnaciousfindesiècleGermandiplomat,spokesixty-eightlanguages,andErardseestheevidenceofthisinKrebs’sdissectedbrain.LombKató,aHungarianhyperpolyglotwhotaughtherselfRussianbyreadingRussianromancenovels,believedthat“onelearnsgrammarfromlanguage,notlanguagefromgrammar.”Thesemassivemultilingualshavelongofferedanaturalexperimentintothelimitsofthebrain;here,atlast,wecaninspecttheresults.Onhiswaytotrackingdowntheonemanwhocouldbecalledthemostlinguisticallytalentedpersonintheworld,Erardmeetsotherlivinglanguage-superlearners.AmongthemisAlexander,amodern-daypolyglotwithdozensoflanguageswhoshowshimthetricksofthetradeandgiveshimadarkglimpseintothelifeofobsessivelanguageacquisition.“Icametoconsiderhimasaholyman,”writesErard.“Othersdoyoga;Alexanderdoesgrammaticalexercises.”Withhisambitiousexaminationofwhatlanguageis,whereitlivesinthebrain,andtheculturalimplicationsofpolyglots’pursuits,Erardexplorestheupperlimitsofourabilitytolearnandtouselanguages,andilluminatestheintellectualpotentialineveryone.HowdosomepeopleescapethecurseofBabel—andwhatmightthegodshavedemandedoftheminreturn? MichaelErardhasgraduatedegreesinlinguisticsandrhetoricfromtheUniversityofTexasatAustin.He’swrittenaboutlanguage,linguists,andlinguisticsforWired,TheAtlantic,TheNewYorkTimes,andmanyotherpublicationsandisacontributingwriterforTheTexasObserverandDesignObserver.HeistheauthorofUm…:Slips,Stumbles,andVerbalBlunders,andWhatTheyMean.
  • 内容简介:
    Wealllearnatleastonelanguageaschildren.Butwhatdoesittaketolearnsixlanguages,twenty...seventy?Suchfeatsoflinguisticprowessprovideaglimpseintowhatthehumanbrainiscapableof—andholdupamirrortoourdesiretolivewithoutlanguagebarriersonashrinkingplanet.InBabelNoMore,MichaelErard,“amonolingualwithbenefits,”setsoutonaquesttomeetlanguagesuperlearnersandmakesenseoftheirmentalpowers.Onthewayheuncoversthesecretsofhistoricalfigureslikethenineteenth-centuryItaliancardinalGiuseppeMezzofanti,whowassaidtospeakseventy-twolanguagesandwassuchalegendthatwhenhediedpeoplealloverEuropeviedforhisskull.EmilKrebs,apugnaciousfindesiècleGermandiplomat,spokesixty-eightlanguages,andErardseestheevidenceofthisinKrebs’sdissectedbrain.LombKató,aHungarianhyperpolyglotwhotaughtherselfRussianbyreadingRussianromancenovels,believedthat“onelearnsgrammarfromlanguage,notlanguagefromgrammar.”Thesemassivemultilingualshavelongofferedanaturalexperimentintothelimitsofthebrain;here,atlast,wecaninspecttheresults.Onhiswaytotrackingdowntheonemanwhocouldbecalledthemostlinguisticallytalentedpersonintheworld,Erardmeetsotherlivinglanguage-superlearners.AmongthemisAlexander,amodern-daypolyglotwithdozensoflanguageswhoshowshimthetricksofthetradeandgiveshimadarkglimpseintothelifeofobsessivelanguageacquisition.“Icametoconsiderhimasaholyman,”writesErard.“Othersdoyoga;Alexanderdoesgrammaticalexercises.”Withhisambitiousexaminationofwhatlanguageis,whereitlivesinthebrain,andtheculturalimplicationsofpolyglots’pursuits,Erardexplorestheupperlimitsofourabilitytolearnandtouselanguages,andilluminatestheintellectualpotentialineveryone.HowdosomepeopleescapethecurseofBabel—andwhatmightthegodshavedemandedoftheminreturn?
  • 作者简介:
    MichaelErardhasgraduatedegreesinlinguisticsandrhetoricfromtheUniversityofTexasatAustin.He’swrittenaboutlanguage,linguists,andlinguisticsforWired,TheAtlantic,TheNewYorkTimes,andmanyotherpublicationsandisacontributingwriterforTheTexasObserverandDesignObserver.HeistheauthorofUm…:Slips,Stumbles,andVerbalBlunders,andWhatTheyMean.
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