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The role of language exposure in mediated receptive multilingualism
Lähivõrdlusi, 2021 In this study, we investigate the role of exposure to L2 Russian on comprehension of L3 Ukrainian by speakers of L1 Estonian, using the mediating knowledge of L2 Russian.
Anna Branets, Daria Bahtina
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The early learning of interlingual correspondence rules in receptive multilingualism [PDF]
International Journal of Bilingualism, 2015 Aims and objectives. This article investigates whether learners are able to quickly discover simple, systematic graphemic correspondence rules between their L1 and an unknown but closely related language in a setting of receptive multilingualism ...
Jan Vanhove
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Interactions between formal distance and participant-related variables in receptive multilingualism [PDF]
International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 2017 Recognizing cognates in a related but unknown language (Lx) is of key importance in receptive multilingualism. Many studies have consequently investigated the impact of both item-related characteristics (most notably the cognates’ formal distance to ...
Jan Vanhove, Raphaël Berthele
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Co-text and receptive multilingualism ‒ Finnish students comprehending Estonian
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2014 This paper will offer some examples to explain the understanding of closely related languages. The traditional contrastive research in studying Estonian and Finnish has above all been based on similarities which have been studied on the level of, e.g ...
Pirkko Muikku-Werner
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Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu Aastaraamat, 2023 This study deals with mediated receptive multilingualism in comprehension of Finnish by Russian-dominant upper secondary school students in Estonia. The objective of the experiment is to analyse whether students with Russian as L1 and Estonian as L2 ...
Tatjana Nikitina
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Introduction: Receptive multilingualism [PDF]
Nordic Journal of Linguistics, 2017 This special issue of the Nordic Journal of Linguistics is devoted to receptive multilingualism (RM), and includes papers presented in the conference Receptive Multilingualism: Multilingual Resources in the Service of Mutual Understanding, held at the University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, in 2015.
Helka Riionheimo +2 more
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A Processability Approach to Instructed Language Learning in Multilingual Contexts
Educazione Linguistica Language Education, 2022 Existing research indicates a qualitative difference between Second Language Learning and Third Language Acquisition, and certain psycholinguistic and developmental aspects of multilingual learners merit investigation.
Forsyth, Helen Victoria
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On abduction in receptive multilingualism. Evidence from cognate guessing tasks [PDF]
Applied Linguistics Review, 2011 This article focuses on the question how multilinguals use their languages in order to guess the meaning of cognates in unlearnt but genealogically close languages. A series of studies is discussed whose aim is to tap into this process of interlingual inferencing.
Raphael Berthelé
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Receptive multilingualism in the Swiss Army [PDF]
International Journal of Multilingualism, 2013 In this paper a particular context where receptive multilingualism at work can be observed is discussed. The Swiss armed forces underwent a series of quite dramatic downsizing measures, which lead to a situation with increased amount of mixed groups and linguistically mixed situations regarding the first/native language of officers and the first/native
Raphaël Berthele, Gabriele Wittlin
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Usability of technological tools to overcome language barriers in health care: a scoping review protocol [PDF]
BMJ OpenIntroduction In many healthcare contexts globally, where the languages of care providers and patients do not match, miscommunication or non-communication can lead to inaccurate diagnoses and subpar treatment outcomes.
Mike Mösko +2 more
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