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Learning foreign languages

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007 Posted in Languages | No Comments »

Cardinal Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti (1774-1849) is one of history’s most accomplished polyglots. He spoke more than forty languages fluently, all of which he learned while never leaving his home country Italy. 1. Introduction I consider myself very lucky to having grown up ...