this study attempts to examine the multilingualism in algeria, in other words, the phenomenon of linguistic diversity which characterizes the algerian reality and its relationship. for that matter the article visualizes the linguistic level of learners especially children, highlighting the characteristics of the multiplicity of its causes and manifestations. here, the descriptive methodology is...

common media have a critical role in forming the recent islamic community, to some extend that it is possible to consider it as a useful means in publishing islamic values and awareness. therefore, the importance of applying these useful means for social awareness is apparent for everyone. considering globalizing and its destructive effects on arabic language, arabic world donate much importanc...

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The term literary multilingualism primarily refers to the more or less extended mix of two or more languages in the same text, entailing a cross-cultural or experimental effect. Besides intratextual multilingualism, or mixtilingualism, there is an intertextual multilingualism between heteroglot works of different authors linked to each other in a specific way (like those of the European and Lat...

This paper draws on the notion of multilingualism as social practice (Heller 2007) to critique postcolonial language planning and policies in Africa. Drawing on illustrations from Ethnologue's (2009) languages of Africa, studies on language planning and policy in Africa, and recent developments in harmonisation of cross-border language research (Prah 1998; Banda 2008), the paper argues that the...

In this paper we discuss Business Intelligence and define what is meant by support for Multilingualism in a Business Intelligence reporting context. We identify support for Multilingualism as a challenging issue which has implications for data warehouse design and reporting performance. Data warehouses are a core component of most Business Intelligence systems and the star schema is the approac...

Although multilingualism is not a recent phenomenon, it has become more common in recent years due to globalization, transnational mobility of the population and the spread of ICT. According to Aronin and Hufeisen ( 2009 ), contemporary multilingualism has spread geographically and socially and is characterized by the use of languages that are not originally from neighbouring areas. Furthermore...

OBJECTIVE Investigate the protective effect of multilingualism on cognition in seniors. METHODS As part of the MemoVie study conducted on 232 non-demented volunteers aged 65 and more, neurogeriatric and neuropsychological evaluations were performed. Participants were classified as presenting either cognitive impairment without dementia (CIND) or being free of any cognitive impairment (CIND-fr...