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- noun Plural form of
hyperpolyglot .
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Examples
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Did you notice any trends regarding the ages of the hyperpolyglots you studied?
Nataly Kelly: Adventures in Hyperpolyglottery: Inside the Mind of Extreme Language Learners Nataly Kelly 2011
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NK: What do hyperpolyglots intend to do with all these languages?
Nataly Kelly: Adventures in Hyperpolyglottery: Inside the Mind of Extreme Language Learners Nataly Kelly 2011
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Those who become hyperpolyglots are those who meet two criteria.
Nataly Kelly: Adventures in Hyperpolyglottery: Inside the Mind of Extreme Language Learners Nataly Kelly 2011
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NK: Of the living hyperpolyglots you met with when doing your research, which ones did you find most interesting?
Nataly Kelly: Adventures in Hyperpolyglottery: Inside the Mind of Extreme Language Learners Nataly Kelly 2011
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In hyperpolyglots you have people who are running in essence a natural experiment into the limits of language learning, but no one, until now, has examined the results of that experiment.
Nataly Kelly: Adventures in Hyperpolyglottery: Inside the Mind of Extreme Language Learners Nataly Kelly 2011
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NK: Of the living hyperpolyglots you met with when doing your research, which ones did you find most interesting?
Nataly Kelly: Adventures in Hyperpolyglottery: Inside the Mind of Extreme Language Learners Nataly Kelly 2011
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In the book I describe the "neural tribe theory" of hyperpolyglots, arguing that they possess an atypical neurology that is selected by some environments and not others; presumably, there have always been humans walking around with that set of neurological traits or factors, only some of whom actually use those things for languages.
Nataly Kelly: Adventures in Hyperpolyglottery: Inside the Mind of Extreme Language Learners Nataly Kelly 2011
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I would say that another trait of hyperpolyglots is that while they may slow down their pace of language learning as they age, they do not stop.
Nataly Kelly: Adventures in Hyperpolyglottery: Inside the Mind of Extreme Language Learners Nataly Kelly 2011
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NK: What do hyperpolyglots intend to do with all these languages?
Nataly Kelly: Adventures in Hyperpolyglottery: Inside the Mind of Extreme Language Learners Nataly Kelly 2011
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NK: What is the most important lesson for the world take away from your research on hyperpolyglots?
Nataly Kelly: Adventures in Hyperpolyglottery: Inside the Mind of Extreme Language Learners Nataly Kelly 2011
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