Michael Erard

Michael Erard writes about language, the people who study it, and how people use languages. His work has appeared in Science, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Aeon, and many other outlets. He is the author of “Um…: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean,” and “Babel No More: The Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners.”