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  <dc:creator>Vanhove, Jan</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2026</dc:date>
  <dc:description xmlns:ns0="xml" ns0:lang="en">In a much-publicised large-scale study, Amoruso et al.\ (2025) purport to have found evidence that multilingualism protects against accelerated ageing. However, several crucial claims made in their article do not stand up to scrutiny whereas others are easily misunderstood. Amoruso et al.'s study should not inform either research or policy.</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/334974</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>https://folia.unifr.ch/documents/334974/files/vanhove2026_postprint.pdf</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
  <dc:relation>info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1080/01434632.2026.2626158</dc:relation>
  <dc:relation>info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0143-4632</dc:relation>
  <dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights>
  <dc:rights>License undefined</dc:rights>
  <dc:source>Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. - Informa UK Limited. - 2026, p. 1-15</dc:source>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns1="xml" ns1:lang="en">Multilingualism and ageing</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns2="xml" ns2:lang="en">methodological critique</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns3="xml" ns3:lang="en">ecological fallacy</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>info:eu-repo/classification/udc/81</dc:subject>
  <dc:title xmlns:ns4="xml" ns4:lang="en">Does multilingualism really protect against accelerated ageing? Critical comments on Amoruso et al. (2025)</dc:title>
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