"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)
| Descriptor ID |
D019303
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| MeSH Number(s) |
L01.559.423.452
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Multilingualism".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Multilingualism".
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Multilingualism" by people in Profiles.
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Online Assessment of Speech Perception and Auditory Spectrotemporal Processing in Spanish-English Bilinguals. Am J Audiol. 2022 Sep 21; 31(3S):936-949.
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Development of a Bidimensional Simpat?a Scale for Use With Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American Adults. Nurs Res. 2019 Sep/Oct; 68(5):348-357.
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The Independent and Interactive Associations of Bilingualism and Sex on Cognitive Performance in Hispanics/Latinos of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. J Alzheimers Dis. 2019; 71(4):1271-1283.
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Culturally specific versus standard smoking cessation messages targeting Hispanics: An experiment. Psychol Addict Behav. 2015 Jun; 29(2):283-9.
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Early life instruction in foreign language and music and incidence of mild cognitive impairment. Neuropsychology. 2015 Mar; 29(2):292-302.
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Perceptual confusions of American-English vowels and consonants by native Arabic bilinguals. Lang Speech. 2013 Jun; 56(Pt 2):145-61.
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The role of native-language phonology in the auditory word identification and visual word recognition of Russian-English bilinguals. J Psycholinguist Res. 2009 Mar; 38(2):93-110.
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Limited English proficiency and breast and cervical cancer screening in a multiethnic population. Am J Public Health. 2005 Aug; 95(8):1410-6.