 Multilingualism
"Multilingualism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The ability to speak, read, or write several languages or many languages with some facility. Bilingualism is the most common form. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
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D019303
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| MeSH Number(s) |
L01.143.506.423.452
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Multilingualism" by people in Profiles.
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Bunta F, Douglas M. The effects of dual-language support on the language skills of bilingual children with hearing loss who use listening devices relative to their monolingual peers. Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch. 2013 Jul; 44(3):281-90.
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Miyawaki CE. Generational differences in Japanese Americans' preferred senior service environments. J Gerontol Soc Work. 2013; 56(5):388-406.
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Fabiano-Smith L, Bunta F. Voice onset time of voiceless bilabial and velar stops in 3-year-old bilingual children and their age-matched monolingual peers. Clin Linguist Phon. 2012 Feb; 26(2):148-63.
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Goldstein BA, Bunta F, Lange J, Rodriguez J, Burrows L. The effects of measures of language experience and language ability on segmental accuracy in bilingual children. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2010 Aug; 19(3):238-47.
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Kushalnagar P, Hannay HJ, Hernandez AE. Bilingualism and attention: a study of balanced and unbalanced bilingual deaf users of American Sign Language and English. J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ. 2010; 15(3):263-73.
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Bunta F, Fabiano-Smith L, Goldstein B, Ingram D. Phonological whole-word measures in 3-year-old bilingual children and their age-matched monolingual peers. Clin Linguist Phon. 2009 Feb; 23(2):156-75.
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Viana AG, Beidel DC, Rabian B. Selective mutism: a review and integration of the last 15 years. Clin Psychol Rev. 2009 Feb; 29(1):57-67.
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Suminski RR, Robertson RJ, Goss FL, Olvera N. Validation of the Omni Scale of Perceived Exertion in a sample of Spanish-speaking youth from the USA. Percept Mot Skills. 2008 Aug; 107(1):181-8.
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Bunta F, Ingram D. The acquisition of speech rhythm by bilingual spanish- and english-speaking 4- and 5-year-old children. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2007 Aug; 50(4):999-1014.
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Cárdenas-Hagan E, Carlson CD, Pollard-Durodola SD. The cross-linguistic transfer of early literacy skills: the role of initial L1 and L2 skills and language of instruction. Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch. 2007 Jul; 38(3):249-59.
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