‘The common grave of Europe’: with these negative words the Netherlandish humanist Justus Lipsius described Low Countries. His adaptation Catullus’ famous verse on Troy1 reveals an essential aspect role territories in early modern Europe. Although their privileged centrality had contributed to function as a nodal point transmission culture, it also turned Countries into theatre war for bloody a...

Certain aspects of meta-linguistic awareness are known to be essential for bilingual children’s literacy acquisition. Phonological awareness is one of these skills. Beginning with a discussion of a pivotal developmental research model of control & analysis of cognitive skills in bilinguals, this review will discuss several studies that explored phonological awareness in bilinguals who knew diff...