Michael Erard

Michael Erard (born 27 December 1967) 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.

Notable works

Books

• Erard, Michael (2007). Um…: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean. New York: Pantheon.
• Erard, Michael (2012). Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners. New York: Free Press.
• Erard, Michael (2025). Bye Bye I Love You: The Story of Our First and Last Words. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.

Articles

• Erard, Michael (2005). 'The Gift of the Gab'. New Scientist, 8 January, .‍
• 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.

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