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Michael Erard
American writer and journalist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Michael Erard (born 27 December 1967)[1] is an American non-fiction writer and journalist. He holds an M.A. (linguistics) and a Ph.D. (English) from the University of Texas at Austin.[2]
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Notable works
Books
- Erard, Michael (2007). Um…: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean. New York: Pantheon.[3][4]
- Erard, Michael (2012). Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners.[a] New York: Free Press.[6][7][8]
- Erard, Michael (2025). Bye Bye I Love You: The Story of Our First and Last Words. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.
Articles
- Erard, Michael (2005). 'The Gift of the Gab'. New Scientist, 8 January, pp. 40–43.
- Erard, Michael (2012). 'King of the Hyperpolyglots'. The Morning News, 10 January.
- Erard, Michael (2012). 'The Polyglot of Bologna'. The Public Domain Review, 26 June.
- Erard, Michael (2016). 'Why Australia is Home to One of the Largest Language Families in the World'. Science, 21 September.
- Erard, Michael (2019). 'Pete Buttigieg’s Language Magic Is Textbook Polyglot Mythmaking'. The Atlantic, 29 April.
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Notes
- Published in the United Kingdom as Mezzofanti's Gift.[5]
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