{"id":3306,"date":"2020-12-01T17:33:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T17:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cinn\/?p=3306"},"modified":"2024-09-13T13:30:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T12:30:56","slug":"language-and-multilingualism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cinn\/language-and-multilingualism\/","title":{"rendered":"Language and Multilingualism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-3306\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-3306-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-3306-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3306-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-dbf295114b96-3306\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cinn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2021\/02\/tower-of-babel.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cinn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2021\/02\/tower-of-babel.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cinn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2021\/02\/tower-of-babel-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cinn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2021\/02\/tower-of-babel-1024x749.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cinn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2021\/02\/tower-of-babel-768x562.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cinn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2021\/02\/tower-of-babel-1536x1124.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cinn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2021\/02\/tower-of-babel-2048x1498.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-3306-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3306-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>Our research looks at how the brain manages to tackle the hard problem of using two or more languages, as is the case in various bi-\/multilingual populations. 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