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Transliteration has been one of the common methods for multilingual text input. Many earlier methods employed transliteration schemes for defining one to one mapping of input character combinations to output character combinations. Though such well defined mappings made it easier to write a transliteration program, the end user was burdened with learning the mappings. Further, though transliter...

Early language exposure is essential to developing a formal language system, but may not be sufficient for communicating effectively. To understand a speaker's intention, one must take the speaker's perspective. Multilingual exposure may promote effective communication by enhancing perspective taking. We tested children on a task that required perspective taking to interpret a speaker's intende...

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In the relatively few years since empirical research into English as a Lingua Franca began being conducted more widely, the field has developed and expanded remarkably, and in myriad ways. In particular, researchers have explored ELF from the perspective of a range of linguistic levels and in an ever-increasing number of sociolinguistic contexts, as well as its synergies with the field of Inter...

It has been suggested that the cognitive requirements associated with bi- and multilingual processing provide a form of mental exercise that, through increases in cognitive reserve and brain fitness, may delay the symptoms of cognitive failure associated with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. We collected data on a country-by-country basis that might shed light on this suggestion...

Recognition of real-world entities is crucial for most NLP applications. Since its introduction some twenty years ago, named entity processing has undergone a significant evolution with, among others, the definition of new tasks (e.g. entity linking) and the emergence of new types of data (e.g. speech transcriptions, micro-blogging). These pose certainly new challenges which affect not only met...

Abstract The purpose of this study was to explore teachers’ beliefs about multilingualism at universities in North Macedonia. Multilingualism as a concept is related an individual’s ability speak three or more languages. Given the educational and cultural globalization, crucial many countries world. Macedonia excellent example where different cultures live together learn languages each other. A...

Abstract This essay reviews some of the changes engendered by digital turn in language attitudes and behaviour. It compares current nexus technology with that print capitalism examines dimensions society have been affected particularly strongly, paying special attention to social practices, Bourdieu’s notion “legitimate language”, legal issues, our general understanding how works. concludes pro...