Asked if there was any reason someone couldn't learn dozens of languages, Pinker replied: "No theoretical reason I can think of, except, eventually, interference; Similar kinds of knowledge can interfere with one another."
"There is no limit to the human capacity for language except for things like having time to get enough exposure to the language," says Suzanne Flynn, a psycholinguist at MIT. Harvard psycholinguist Steven Pinker agrees.
Peter Coffin’s UFO roared its engine, spinning faster and faster, dipping lower and lower, its bright pink and blue and yellow lights whirling into a blur and illuminating the night sky.
Peter Coffin’s UFO roared its engine, spinning faster and faster, dipping lower and lower, its bright pink and blue and yellow lights whirling into a blur and illuminating the night sky.
Peter Coffin’s UFO roared its engine, spinning faster and faster, dipping lower and lower, its bright pink and blue and yellow lights whirling into a blur and illuminating the night sky.
Banksy's work sells for hundreds of thousands of pounds and he has become a cult figure in the art world. In July his famous early piece, Gorilla in a Pink Mask, was mistaken for worthless graffiti and painted over!
Banksy's work sells for hundreds of thousands of pounds and he has become a cult figure in the art world. In July his famous early piece, Gorilla in a Pink Mask, was mistaken for worthless graffiti and painted over!
Banksy's work sells for hundreds of thousands of pounds and he has become a cult figure in the art world. In July his famous early piece, Gorilla in a Pink Mask, was mistaken for worthless graffiti and painted over!
Peter Coffin’s UFO roared its engine, spinning faster and faster, dipping lower and lower, its bright pink and blue and yellow lights whirling into a blur and illuminating the night sky.
Look at this tiny, odd-looking creature nestling helplessly inside a blanketed incubator. Just a few inches long with a furless pink body, this is a baby panda bear.
Look at this tiny, odd-looking creature nestling helplessly inside a blanketed incubator. Just a few inches long with a furless pink body, this is a baby panda bear.
Look at this tiny, odd-looking creature nestling helplessly inside a blanketed incubator. Just a few inches long with a furless pink body, this is a baby panda bear.
Woolly blue curls may sound more like a sheep than a plant, but this chaparral shrub gets its name from the blue, pink, or white fuzzy 'wool' that covers its flowers and stalks.
Woolly blue curls may sound more like a sheep than a plant, but this chaparral shrub gets its name from the blue, pink, or white fuzzy 'wool' that covers its flowers and stalks.
Woolly blue curls may sound more like a sheep than a plant, but this chaparral shrub gets its name from the blue, pink, or white fuzzy 'wool' that covers its flowers and stalks.
With details celebrating Barbie's love of pink, the hotel's Italian interior designer described the recently inaugurated Barbie rooms as "the ultimate girls' pad."
With details celebrating Barbie's love of pink, the hotel's Italian interior designer described the recently inaugurated Barbie rooms as "the ultimate girls' pad."