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Multilingualism
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[German version] I. General ‘Multilingualism’ refers to two different things: on the one hand the ability of an individual to use several languages, on the other hand a situation where, within a social group, several languages are used (linguistic contact). As a result, research into multilingualism can look at multilingual individuals or a multilingual society; accordingly, points of contact arise to psycho- and neurolinguistics on the one hand or to sociolinguistics and historical linguistics (des…
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Brill’s New Pauly
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I. Ancient Orient and Egypt [German version] A. General Points Translation by means of an interpreter (Akkadian
targumannu; Ugaritic
targumiānu; Hittite
tarkummija- ('to translate'); Aramaic
ta/urgmānā; Arabic
tu/arǧumān; Italian
turcimanno; cf. dragoman) played an important role in the cultures of the Ancient Orient in their contacts with other ethnic groups. Mesopotamian rulers prided themselves on their command of foreign languages. Especially during the second half of the second millennium BC, Akkadian served as a kind …
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Brill’s New Pauly