Most researchers agree on the idea that multilinguals have specific advantages over
monolinguals in learning more languages and, more generally, develop specific …

This study investigates the lifespan development of the ability to correctly guess the meaning
of foreign-language words with known translation-equivalent cognates. It also aims to …

Mit ihrer Studie erschließt Katrin Siebel das weite Feld der Mehrsprachigkeit und deren
Didaktik erstmals systematisch für die Schulfremdsprache Latein. Am Beispiel des …

In monolingual human language processing, the predictability of a word given its
surrounding sentential context is crucial. With regard to receptive multilingualism, it is …

Formal similarities to a known language make it considerably easier to learn a new one.
More specifically, the learning curve is smoothed if language learners are able to make use …

The possibilities of intercomprehension (= receptive multilingualism within a language
family, here restricted to reading comprehension) strongly depend on cognate words and on …

This article presents methods and findings from research on factors that determine the
recognizability of cognate words in Germanic intercomprehension (more precisely: German …

To meet increasing needs for multilingual speakers, varied concepts such as
Intercomprehension Pedagogy have evolved. Here, speakers of one language concurrently …

Résumé L'utilisation des classements des universités et des indicateurs bibliométriques
pourrait avoir des effets remarquables sur la diversité linguistique. Dans cet article, je …

In the course of the last three years, I have had the chance to dig into a topic that has
fascinated me ever since I started my Bachelor's: how people can understand language …