News tagged with multilinguism
EU launches digital library at Frankfut Book Fair
The European Union used the world's biggest book fair to launch the EU Bookshop's digital library, making more than 50 years of documents in about 50 languages available for free on the Internet.
Oct 18, 2009 |
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Multilingualism brings communities closer together
Learning their community language outside the home enhances minority ethnic children's development, according to research led from the University of Birmingham. The research, which was funded by the Economic and Social Research ...
Feb 10, 2009 |
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Ancient 'graffiti' unlock the life of the common man
History is often shaped by the stories of kings and religious and military leaders, and much of what we know about the past derives from official sources like military records and governmental decrees. Now ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Probing Question: How are museums keeping up with the changing times?
From America’s oldest collection, Charleston Museum, circa 1773, to its tiniest—the 134-square-foot World’s Smallest Museum; from the majestic American Museum of Natural History to the head-scratching ...
Jan 02, 2012 |
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How languages are built
Parents are often amazed by the speed at which children acquire language in early childhood, becoming fluent around three years of age. Compare this with the average adult attempting to acquire a second language, ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Will the English language ever die?
These cultural conventions are indicative of how a language impacts the worldview of the people who speak it. In Martu, an Aboriginal language from Western Australian, black and all dark colours are maru or maru-maru while ...
Oct 24, 2011 |
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A made-to-measure social network for the academic world
(PhysOrg.com) -- The scientists working at EPFL didn’t wait for Netvibes to get famous on connecting through a collaborative Web 2.0 platform. Already completely functional, Graaasp goes one step further ...
Sep 23, 2011 |
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TextOre license puts ORNL's Piranha in its tank
TextOre's licensing of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Piranha is enabling the Virginia-based company to introduce a powerful search and mining tool capable of processing large amounts of text data from the Internet.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 04, 2011 |
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CeBIT: Gadgets galore at world's top tech fair
A Shakespeare-reciting robot, the world's most merciless alarm clock and "intelligent" cocktail shakers were among the gadgets wowing visitors at the CeBIT high-tech fair on Wednesday.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 02, 2011 |
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WSU researcher designs multilingual instruction materials for world's largest mall
Housing 1,200 stores, an underwater zoo, a SEGA indoor theme park, an Olympic-size ice rink, a 22-screen Cineplex and the world's largest gold market, the Dubai Mall is a retail marvel that attracts tourists from around the ...
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Low-income populations more affected by asthma
(PhysOrg.com) -- Almost 5 million Californians have been diagnosed with asthma, and those living in poverty suffer more severe consequences from the condition than those in higher income brackets, according to a new report ...
Dec 17, 2010 |
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Flu vaccination disparities exacerbated by supply problems
The gap in flu vaccination rates between elderly whites, African-Americans and Hispanics is amplified when vaccine supply is limited or delayed. That is the conclusion of a study out today in the American Journal of Preventive Me ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 07, 2010 |
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