Memory Speaks: On Losing and Reclaiming Language and Self - Couverture souple

Sedivy, Julie

 
9780674293939: Memory Speaks: On Losing and Reclaiming Language and Self
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ISBN 10 : 0674293932 ISBN 13 : 9780674293939
Editeur : Harvard University Press, 2023

Synopsis

"At once an eloquent memoir, a wide-ranging commentary on cultural diversity, and an expert distillation of the research on language learning, loss, and recovery."--The Economist

"Insightful and informative...Sedivy examines what happens to memory, dreams, and even the sense of self when you enter another language."--Eva Hoffman, author of Lost in Translation

"Engagingly describes the disorienting and sometimes shattering experience of feeling one's native language atrophy as a new language takes hold...Sedivy elegantly captures why the language(s) we use are so dear to us and how they play a central role in our identities."--Science

"A profound elegy to memories that endure despite displacement and the many time zones that define our lives."--André Aciman

Julie Sedivy was two years old when her parents left Czechoslovakia. By the time she graduated from college, she rarely spoke Czech, and English had taken over her life. When her father died unexpectedly and her strongest link to her native tongue was severed, she discovered that more was at stake than the loss of language: she began to feel she was losing herself.

In Memory Speaks, Sedivy explores the brain's capacity to learn--and forget--languages at various stages of life, poignantly combining a rich body of psychological research with a moving story that is at once deeply personal and universally resonant.

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À propos de l'auteur

Julie Sedivy has taught linguistics and psychology at Brown University and the University of Calgary. She is the author of Language in Mind: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics and coauthor of Sold on Language: How Advertisers Talk to You and What This Says about You.

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Éditeur
Harvard University Press
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0674293932
ISBN 13 
9780674293939
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
368
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  067498028X ISBN 13 :  9780674980280
Editeur : Harvard University Press, 2021
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