A linguist friend, David Long, recently forwarded me a story about Daniel Tammet, a high functioning autistic genius who has mastered ten languages. In a test of his phenomenal mental powers, he was flown to Iceland, where he was given just one week to learn the language. A youtube video captured the panel interview, where several Icelandic professors tested his language. “He seemed to understand all of our questions. He answered them. And, his grammar was ... (more)