Mezzofanti's Gift: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language ... - The Guardian

Mezzofanti's Gift: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language ...
The Guardian
For those of us whose foreign-language abilities extend little beyond ordering a cerveza or croque monsieur, the polyglot is to be envied and admired. But the hyperpolyglot, defined here as someone who knows at least six languages and possibly dozens, ...