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| tricoteuse Pentaglot Senior Member Norway littlang.blogspot.co Joined 6480 days ago 745 posts - 845 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, Norwegian, EnglishC1, Russian, French Studies: Ukrainian, Bulgarian | Message 1 of 7 13 February 2008 at 7:24am | IP Logged |
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Does anyone have any recommendations for books on interesting polyglots or linguists? Biography or autobiography.
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| Journeyer Triglot Senior Member United States tristan85.blogspot.c Joined 6670 days ago 946 posts - 1110 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German Studies: Sign Language | Message 2 of 7 13 February 2008 at 12:57pm | IP Logged |
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I don't know if this falls into what you are looking for, but two books that have been recommended to me to read (I haven't yet) are called "The Madman and the Professor" and "The Meaning of Everything." I think both books are factual accounts about creation of the Oxford English Dictionary, although I'm not positive about "Madman" (it has do with some dictionary, I believe, though).
They are more concerning linguistics though. This forum is linked to a biography of Mezzofanti, if you want to read it. Or if wish, you can also find the title and Google it, reading the text off of Google books. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| mcjon77 Senior Member United States Joined 6413 days ago 193 posts - 248 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Egyptian), French | Message 3 of 7 13 February 2008 at 8:44pm | IP Logged |
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I have re-read The autobiographical portion of Barry Farber's "How To Learn Any Language" book repeatedly. It is so inspiring.
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| JasonChoi Diglot Senior Member Korea, South Joined 6161 days ago 274 posts - 298 votes Speaks: English*, Korean Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese, Latin | Message 4 of 7 20 March 2008 at 10:09am | IP Logged |
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The Life Of Cardinal Mezzofanti: With An Introductory Memoir Of Eminent Linguists, Ancient And Modern
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| mikatu Triglot Newbie Portugal Joined 5793 days ago 6 posts - 6 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Spanish, English Studies: German | Message 5 of 7 30 June 2008 at 9:54am | IP Logged |
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For me the best (and only book about this matter I read) is "How to Learn Any Language
Quickly, Easily, Inexpensively, Enjoyably and On Your Own" by Barry Farber. You can check more in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Farber In his book he tells no magic tricks but the methods he used to learn... and he always focus on hard work. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| showtime17 Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Slovakia gainweightjournal.co Joined 5886 days ago 154 posts - 210 votes Speaks: Russian, English*, Czech*, Slovak*, French, Spanish Studies: Ukrainian, Polish, Dutch | Message 6 of 7 05 July 2008 at 1:40pm | IP Logged |
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I've read a Slovak translation of a biography of Heinrich Schliemann (the discoverer of Troy). The book was written by Heinrich Stoll and actually goes quite deep into the way Schliemann learned languages and describes his methods. Edited by showtime17 on 05 July 2008 at 1:40pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| SamD Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6461 days ago 823 posts - 987 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Norwegian | Message 7 of 7 09 July 2008 at 10:52am | IP Logged |
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Born on a Blue Day isn't mostly about the author's experiences with language, but it mentions it and is also a very good read on other subjects.
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