Michael Erard

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Michael Erard
Born (1967-12-27) 27 December 1967 (age 56)
OccupationNon-fiction writer and journalist
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Texas at Austin
Notable awardsLinguistics, Language, and the Public Award 2016 (from the Linguistic Society of America)
Website
michaelerard.com

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]

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]

Articles

Notes

  1. ^ Published in the United Kingdom as Mezzofanti's Gift.[5]

References

  1. ^ BnF 17086193b.
  2. ^ 'A Q&A with Michael Erard, Author of “Babel No More”' (ShelfLife@Texas, 27 February 2012).
  3. ^ Review in The New York Times, 24 August 2007.
  4. ^ Review in The Wall Street Journal, 24 August 2007.
  5. ^ Review in The Observer, 28 July 2013.
  6. ^ Official Babel No More website.
  7. ^ Review in The Economist, 31 December 2011.
  8. ^ Review in The New York Times, 20 January 2012.

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