Michael Erard

Michael Erard
Born	(1967-12-27) 27 December 1967 (age 57)
Occupation	Non-fiction writer and journalist
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Texas at Austin
Notable awards	Linguistics, 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

• 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.

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.

External links

• Official website
• Michael Erard on Twitter