Italy has drafted a bill to ban English in public and private bodies, with fines of up to 100,000 euros, to promote the Italian language.

Russia has proposed a bill to limit foreign words in the language, except when no Russian equivalent exists.

The Russian State Duma adopted a bill to protect the Russian language from foreign borrowings.

Exceptions are made for foreign words without Russian analogues, as stated in the bill.

Russia has implemented a law requiring the use of Russian in official documents and public speeches to protect the language from excessive borrowings.

A government commission is creating rules, including a Russian language dictionary, to regulate the use of foreign words.

Egypt's House of Representatives is set to ratify a bill to preserve Arabic and national identity.

The law requires shop signs to be in Arabic to avoid fines.

Qatar has launched a campaign to protect and empower the Arabic language.

The Qatari Minister of State deems Arabic language protection crucial for societal cultural security.

Jordan has a 2015 law requiring state institutions to use Arabic in all official contexts.

France and other countries have laws regulating linguistic borrowings to protect their languages.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has banned government officials from using most foreign languages at work.

The decree aims to protect the Russian language.

Government officials are prohibited from using non-standard Russian words, except for uncommon foreign terms.

The United Nations recognized International Mother Language Day in 2002 to promote linguistic diversity, cultural unity, and multilingualism.

UNESCO works to preserve cultural and linguistic diversity to foster tolerance and respect for others.

UNESCO supports linguistic diversity and has adopted a framework to promote arts and culture education, including local and indigenous cultures.

Italy has drafted a bill to ban English in public and private bodies, with fines of up to 100,000 euros, to promote the Italian language.

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Content: Italian govt drafts bill that seeks to ban English language

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Calling for the Italian language to be protected and nurtured, the draft bill claims that English “demeans and mortifies” Italians, and called on all public and private bodies to use the “language of Dante” to promote their goods and services, reports Reuters news agency. Photograph:(Reuters)

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The bill, which has been drafted by lawmakers of the nationalist Brothers of Italy party, aims to promote Italian language and imposes a fine of up to 100,000 euros ($108,750) if found violating the rule

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s party has proposed legislation that seeks to prohibit public and private bodies in the country from using foreign terms, especially English, in official communications.

The bill, which has been drafted by lawmakers of the nationalist Brothers of Italy party, aims to promote Italian language and imposes a fine of up to 100,000 euros ($108,750) if found violating the rule.

In order to become a law, the bill has to be approved by both houses of parliament. But there was no indication of when this might happen.

“It is not just a matter of fashion, as fashions pass, but Anglomania (has) repercussions for society as a whole,” said the text of the draft bill.

Calling for the Italian language to be protected and nurtured, the draft bill claims that English “demeans and mortifies” Italians, and called on all public and private bodies to use the “language of Dante” to promote their goods and services, reports Reuters news agency.

The draft also specifies that all job related applications, including names and acronyms, should be spelt out in Italian, with foreign words allowed only if they are impossible to translate.

The bill said the widespread use of English in Europe was “even more negative and paradoxical” given that Britain had quit the European Union.

The draft bill comes at a time when the incumbent far-right government takes measures to what it calls preserving the local culture.

Recently, it banned the use of laboratory-produced food to safeguard the country’s agri-food heritage.

When the Brothers of Italy party took office last October, it added the English term “Made in Italy” to the name of the industry minister, while Meloni occasionally drops foreign words into her speeches.

(With inputs from agencies)

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Russia has proposed a bill to limit foreign words in the language, except when no Russian equivalent exists.

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The Russian government has submitted to the state Duma a bill to protect the Russian language from excessive use of foreign words.
The document implies control over the observance by officials and citizens of the norms of the Russian literary language and the inadmissibility of the use of foreign words, with the exception of those that do not have common analogues in the Russian language.
"Wet feet"
by "toptalische"
Fighters for the purity of the native language waited, because the discussion about it among linguists, writers, scientists goes on constantly, then quiet, then flaring up with renewed vigor.
The initiative of the Government of Russia, which decided to wedge itself into the disputes of professionals, is quite understandable and understandable.
Today, when the United States and the entire Western world are in a rush to destroy, eradicate, wipe out all Russian, the frequent use of Anglicisms in everyday life is at least unpatriotic.
In fairness, it should be noted that borrowing from other languages is a constant process.
Lenin also proposed "to declare war on the use of foreign words unnecessarily", and the intricacies of relations and mutual accusations of Slavophiles and Westerners entered the textbooks, as well as the textbook proposals to replace other people's "galoshes" with their "wet feet", and "sidewalks" - with "toptalisches".
In the 1940s, a new wave: the struggle against cosmopolitanism suggested “for everything Russian against foreign ”, including in the language.
A printer is a printer?
Meanwhile, all – both supporters and opponents – agree that there are concepts in their native language that came after the phenomena, realities created in other countries, and therefore the words denoting them, well, not ours, but they can not do without them.
A striking example is the computer, IT technologies and everything related to them.
The word “printer ” cannot be replaced by a Russian translation from English, since“ printer ” does not mean a device for printing, but a person engaged in this process.
By the way, this phenomenon is not new: even under Peter I, who “cut through the window to Europe ”, dozens of Dutch and German words for technologies and mechanisms poured into Russia.
And in opera, many terms are borrowed from Italian and have long been part of the Russian language.
And we calmly use such words as “federation ”,“ sphere ”, “national ”,“ commission ” and many others that came from foreign languages, but are firmly entrenched in our own.
How to be
in one bow
Meanwhile, one cannot but agree with the authors of the bill: recently, the speech of deputies of different ranks, officials, political and economic experts, heads of federal and regional, and sometimes local authorities is simply replete with foreign words that have simple and understandable analogues in their native language.
And if we are almost reconciled with merchandisers (commodity scientists in our own way), then what do you think of the expression from the fashion world “in one bow ”?
The well-known vegetable has nothing to do with it: in English look - look, therefore, in Russian it is an image, appearance, look, etc. In texts related to business, "marketplace" (literally from the English place of trade), as well as "startup" (start, start, take the first steps) or "webinar" (training video conference live).
In the field of education, they like to talk about “bullying prevention ”: this word means ridicule, bullying of children at school by peers.
Increasingly, “campus ” sounds, while the translation from Latin is a familiar campus for many of us, or“ coach ” instead of the usual “coach ”,“ mentor ”.
Abilympics
with WorldSkills
I will also swing at my favorite “quest ” recently: again with the English“ game, search ”.
I do not like the sequestered budget, because it is “cut ”, but transparent is more to my liking, because it is“ open ”, “transparent ”.
And who will prove to me that “exchange of practices ” is better than the usual“ exchange of experience ”?
Or for days on TV reported about the participation of Russians in the championship "Abilympics".
You will break the language by pronouncing, although this is only a competition in professional skills among the disabled, in another way they are also called the “Olympics of opportunities ”.
From the same series, the widely distributed “WorldSkills ” (WorldSkills) is also a competition, but students studying a particular profession.
We have such competitions took place in the times of the USSR, then they were safely forgotten, and now they are back again, only in a Western manner.
And here is another illustrative example: the all-Russian social project “Agrofoodsharing ”.
We divide abracadabra into parts: agro - of course, something related to agriculture.
In English, food – food, share – share.
As a result, we get a movement of agricultural producers who want to share with other people the surplus of their crops.
The idea, of course, is good, right, but why break the language?
And finally from the sore: "solving cases." Brilliant!
In English, the word “case ” has two meanings: a briefcase, a suitcase and the second – circumstances.
Therefore, in Russian literally "the decision of circumstances" or, as the know-it-all Internet interprets, "the study of the situation and the choice of a suitable solution."
They will leave themselves
on your own?
Most likely, the desire to cleanse the language by introducing a law at the state level is an attempt to distance oneself from the West, its influence, to isolate oneself from someone else ’ s and alien mentality, lifestyle and dubious values.
However, it is not very clear what it will look like in practice: will there be lists of prohibited words and expressions or just recommendations, and addressed to high-ranking officials and other “persons in the TV ” – after all, it is with their filing that all sorts of newfangled borrowings from foreign languages often go“ to people ”.
However, a few decades ago, our teachers at the Yelets Pedagogical Institute hammered us, students, that the language is a self-cleaning system, and all harmful, fake after a while will simply disappear.
It has always been so, and I want to believe it will be so.
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I assume that all borrowings are from our haste, eternal saving of time even on pronunciation and writing of words.
We usually write in sms a short, indifferent “OK ”.
While in the native language for this almost a dozen words: “good ”,“ okay ”, “agree ”,“ give ”, “let ”,“ good ”, etc. No wonder there is a catch phrase: “Speech is better than any passport ”...
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The Russian State Duma adopted a bill to protect the Russian language from foreign borrowings.

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Content: The state Duma adopted in the first reading the bill on the protection of the Russian language from foreign borrowings
The bill on the protection of the Russian language from foreign borrowings passed the first reading in the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
The document proposes to prohibit the use of foreign words except those that do not have common analogues in the state language.
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Russia has implemented a law requiring the use of Russian in official documents and public speeches to protect the language from excessive borrowings.

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The Russian language is one of the most popular in Eurasia, and attempts to abolish our culture have failed.
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Store, Department, Home and other foreign words in the names of shops, cafes and restaurants in Krasnodar soon will not be.
The Cuban capital decided to abandon all foreign names.
The Cuban authorities obliged entrepreneurs to translate business into Russian.
“A sign in a foreign language or using transliteration or a sign in Russian has a big difference.
In part of the fact that 100% of our population can read, understand the sign in Russian.
And many, by ignorance and age, do not even understand what is written on these signs, ” said the chief architect of Krasnodar Artem Salamatin.
So far, the business has been given time until September 1.
But many entrepreneurs are ready to change now.
“Everything will be in Russian.
We will translate the site into Russian.
We'll change everything.
With pleasure, ” entrepreneur Hovhannes Hovhannisyan shared.
Words borrowed from foreign languages became an integral part of Russian many centuries ago.
Massive in our speech, they appeared in different iconic historical periods.
For example, the Mongol invasion.
And after the Patriotic War of 1812 - there were a lot of gallicisms, that is, French words.
Now in conversations predominate borrowing from English.
“We began to use foreign words very actively in areas where such activity had not been observed before.
First of all, it is the public sphere.
Social sphere.
Where actually came a lot of foreign words ”, – said the Chairman of the Association of teachers of literature and Russian language Lyudmila Dudova.
Russia is now determined to protect the language from excessive saturation with borrowings.
President Vladimir Putin recently signed a law “on mandatory observance of the norms of the modern Russian language when using it as a state language. ”
What specific rules are we talking about?
It's not clear yet.
They are compiled by a special government commission.
“The normative dictionary of the Russian language will be a single consistent comprehensive publication, which will be formed on the basis of dictionaries of the Russian language.
Interpretive, spelling, ” explained Deputy Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Tatiana Vasilyeva.
Thus, foreign words should disappear as much as possible from all official documents.
In addition, officials should not use anglicisms and other borrowings during public speeches and generally avoid them in their speech.
“There are so many wonderful and beautiful words in the Russian language.
But why then instead of the word mentor we say coach.
Well, it doesn't sound.
It seems to me that we need to get rid of such words that are imposed, ” said Lyudmila Skakovskaya, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Science, Education and Culture.
This law, according to officials, should protect the Russian language from attacks from abroad, where they have long been trying to abolish all Russian.
But now these sentiments have intensified even more.
The Kiev regime has long declared war on our culture and heritage.
Throughout the country, the monument to Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is being demolished, because it is he who is considered the creator of the modern literary Russian language.
And it was the language issue that became one of the main reasons for the bloody confrontation in the East of Ukraine in 2014.
Residents of Donbass then did not agree with the nationalists, they did not refuse the Russian language.
“They use the term underdogs.
All these years, when the Maidan happened, they etched Russian in the Donbass, for them it is a symbol of communication.
The Russian world is hysterical.
What connects the Russian world?
The Russian language, ” said political scientist Yuri Svetov.
The fact that our language and culture need protection is also said by the leaders of other neighboring states.
During the autumn meeting of the heads of the CIS countries in Astana, the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called on his colleagues to create an organization for the protection of the Russian language.
“Our idea is to create an international organization in the image and likeness of the UN.
Using the positive experience of Francophonie.
The headquarters of which is located in Paris, ” said President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
Rossotrudnichestvo recently conducted its own study abroad, which showed that openly Russophobic sentiments are present only among politicians.
But ordinary people continue to willingly learn our language and culture.
According to the United Nations, Russian is spoken by 258 million people worldwide.
It is one of the most popular in Eurasia, and attempts to abolish our culture have failed.
Abroad, Dostoevsky, Pushkin and other Russian classics are also read.
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Egypt's House of Representatives is set to ratify a bill to preserve Arabic and national identity.

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Foreign languages dominate the population.
We don ’ t fight learning foreign languages, we insist on it.
* Major violations in advertising and we will impose the writing of signs in Arabic
* The law provides a grace period for correcting the situation
* The law preserves the national and Arab identity
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The House of Representatives is preparing to ratify the “Protection of the Arabic Language ” bill submitted by the Arabic Language Academy (Al-Khaldeen Complex) in Cairo, in a move to preserve the prestige of the Arabic language and national identity.
Among the most important provisions of the law is the obligation of shop owners to change the signs of their shops to Arabic to avoid paying a fine, and the law requires government agencies to conduct an Arabic language test for applicants to fill government jobs.
"Al-Shorouk" interviewed Dr. Abdel Hamid Madkour, Secretary General of the Arabic Language Academy in Cairo (Al-Khaldeen Complex), to identify the most important objectives guaranteed by the draft law to protect the Arabic language and see its application in the fields of education, advertising and media in general.
Madkour says that this is not the first time that a law has been issued to protect the Arabic language, as previous but partial attempts to control road signs were made in 1957 and then in 2008 a law was issued through the People ’ s Assembly, which also relates to signs and the Council ’ s supervision of the implementation of this law.
“The aims of the law. ”
Gross violations in the media and advertising
Madkour pointed out that three years ago, the Academy considered submitting a draft law on controlling the ways of using the language, and seeks to achieve a number of objectives, including instilling the value of belonging to the Arabic language, because of the factors it faces to reduce them, especially among students of foreign languages and foreign universities where study is imposed in foreign languages other than Arabic.
He continued: "Everything is taught in Arabic except the study of the Arabic language, and it is not fulfilling his right, instead of studying history in a foreign language, which makes the student know the history of Western nations more than the history of his country."
The second goal among the objectives of the law is to preserve the national and Arab identity between the land, language, place, and religion in some cases, explaining that the Arabic language is the one that connects the people to their Arab homeland, and without it or if abandoned, the Arab contract will break down and turn into separate tribes as in the Old Testament.
Madkour added that the language must be controlled in the areas of education, and in life in general such as international conferences and forums: "There is no nation in the world that excels in its language except Arabs unfortunately, and the most prominent example is when America stipulated on Japan to speak English after the launch of nuclear bombs on it preferred the Emperor of Japan to die for speaking his people other than Japanese."
He pointed out that the third goal of the law is to correct the deterioration that is happening in the media and advertising together, expressing: "We see some major newspaper headlines with linguistic errors and this is not true, as well as administrative speeches and official statements, in addition to the appearance of many in the media who do not speak ordinary Arabic and even unqualified for decent speech.
Madkour pointed out that there are large excesses in the field of advertising in Egypt, where he stressed the need to have shops and ads in Arabic, and if the advertisement is for a foreign company, it must write its address in the language you love but under the title of the Arabic language large, and in a smaller pint and this is what the law calls for and in line with major companies that have a history and fear for their brand.
He continued: "Unfortunately, it is not right that all the ads on the axis of the city of the sixth of October are either colloquial or in English, and very little of them in Arabic and maybe it happened by chance, and sometimes I read in some newspapers ads in full English and here I wonder who addressed this announcement and we in an Arab country?!"
He says that the law requires the use of the Arabic language easy series and not the language of dictionaries, and that foreign languages should not be imposed on the people, expressing: "The people are not charged with speaking English instead of Arabic until we write ads in English or go to the bank or national airports to extract papers in English. It requires a linguistic auditor in each institution to check and correct, so that the language is written correctly.
As for scientific forums and research, Madkour said: "The service of translations must be provided to the members of the community, so that the participants understand what is being said, because the imposition of a specific language to speak is an occupation of minds and a domination of the people."
He pointed out that the law gives grace periods to amend and correct all the aforementioned situations, and then take some due measures.
"We do not fight the learning of foreign languages, but we demand and insist on learning and taking care of them to benefit from foreign scientific knowledge preceded by all, and to bring together the Hassanis to learn Arabic and foreign together, and that the Arabic language is the basic in teaching subjects that there is no scientific need to teach in English, such as geography and history.
Madkour called for attention to translations of other languages into Arabic to increase the sum of knowledge and to find those who want to learn references that help them to understand information, as well as courses must be studied in Arabic and Arabic, to increase understanding and achievement.
He stressed that the law does not fight speaking the colloquial dialect used among the people in public life: "We cannot go to the vegetable seller and talk to him in classical Arabic, which brings us into a wave of sarcasm similar to what was embodied in the old Arab cinema films and some plays, but also some of our homes should not turn to speak only English or schools oblige students to speak a foreign language."
"There are countries that have preceded us in protecting the Arabic language.
Dr. Madkour concluded: “We must cherish our Arabic language because the language is the identity of the human being, the English citizen cherishes his English and the German cherishes German, even the Frenchman when a passerby asks him in English does not respond because he wants everyone to speak French inside his homeland. ”
He continued: "Egypt must be a leader in the field of protecting the Arabic language, which was preceded by some Arab countries, because it is the most scientific and literary country and has a great position and must lead all Arabs in protecting their language, which we hope to achieve by the new law."
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Qatar has launched a campaign to protect and empower the Arabic language.

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Content: parliamentary action to protect it.
"Together to Support the Arabic Language" Campaign in Qatar to Defend the Arabic Language
Qatari Minister of State Hamad Al-Kuwari stressed that "the protection of the Arabic language is a protection for the cultural security of society, and that cultural and national security is no less important than political and economic security."
DOHA – A campaign has been launched in Qatar to support the Dad language and empower it in society, emphasizing that any nation without its own language is a weak nation with no identity, easy to contain and control and cultural hegemony.
The campaign, led by Hamad Abdul Aziz Al-Kuwari, Minister of State of Qatar, Chairman of the Qatar National Library and former Minister of Culture, pointed out that in light of the era of globalization and technological expansion, the Arabic language is greatly threatened, stressing the need for educational institutions in the community and local centers concerned with this language to stop its deterioration.
Under the hashtag "Together to support the Arabic language", the campaign stressed the responsibility of everyone in society to learn and spread the Arabic language, starting from the family, through the school, the media and other state institutions.
Protection of cultural security
In conjunction with the massive campaign to support the Arabic language, the Shura Council referred the Law on the Protection of the Arabic Language to the Cultural Affairs and Media Committee to discuss the means of activating it, where a number of members called for the speedy activation of the law and the imposition of sanctions on violators to protect generations.
Qatar ’ s Minister of State Hamad al-Kuwari, who was hosted by the council, stressed that “the protection of the Arabic language is a protection for the cultural security of society, and that cultural and national security is no less important than political and economic security. ”
He pointed out that the process of renaissance and development experienced by the Gulf countries and the State of Qatar in particular necessitated the existence of many cultures and languages in society, and that this situation, although there are positive aspects to it, there are negative aspects that should not be overlooked related to our attitude towards these languages and cultures.
He stressed the importance of the role of the family and the mother in raising children and teaching them the Arabic language properly, and the importance of simplifying their education in accordance with modern methods that desire to learn the mother tongue.
Deep traces.
For his part, Abdul Aziz Al-Subaie, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the World Organization for the Protection of the Arabic Language, former Minister of Education, who was also hosted by the Council, called for the intervention of the competent authorities to modify the course of teaching the Arabic language through practical measures, stressing that governmental and non-governmental bodies are responsible for the implementation of the law.
Dr Imad Abdullatif, Professor of Rhetoric and Discourse Analysis at Qatar University, said: “Campaigns in support of the Arabic language are important at various levels in our Arab world, putting the challenges it faces at the heart of public debate and providing an opportunity to understand the major risks it faces in a world that is steadily moving towards a global dominance of the English language. ”
Abdullatif adds that these campaigns also gain importance from their role in clarifying the fact that the dangers faced by the Arabic language have profound implications for the future of Arabs, as the voluntary abandonment of the mother tongue and the adoption of English as a language of thought, communication and writing literally means a total break with the Arab identity with its values, ideals and heritage.
He explains that the child not only acquires English language skills, but subconsciously imbues with values, ethics and beliefs rooted within the language, adding: “Wherever we turn our faces we will find various traces of the conflict of identities with linguistic roots. ”
A remarkable paradox.
Professor of rhetoric and discourse analysis at Qatar University pointed out that the Arab Mashreq lived for a long time without radical problems in language politics compared to some countries of the Arab Maghreb, which suffered from the penetration of the language of the colonialist coercion and authoritarianism, as was the case in Algeria.
“But over the past two decades, a remarkable paradox has emerged that deserves widespread scholarly, societal and political attention: some Levantine countries have chosen to adopt the language of former colonialists voluntarily, because of the distorted claims of globalization and the dreams of mimicking the Western model of life. ”
Abdul Latif believes that Arab societies will suffer many crises due to the turbulence of language policies, the effects of which will not only be limited to the field of communication, but will extend to various aspects of society, some of which may have a radical impact on their future.
In conclusion, he expressed the hope that the campaigns calling for the support of the Arabic language will be an opportunity for quiet reflection and thorough research of local and regional language policies in the Arab world.
In January 2019, the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, issued a law on the protection of the Arabic language, stipulating that all governmental and non-governmental bodies must protect and support this language in all activities and events, and use it in meetings and discussions and in visual, audio or readable advertisements.
Annually, the world celebrates World Arabic Language Day on 18 December, the anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly ’ s decision to adopt Arabic as one of the official languages of the world body.
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Jordan has a 2015 law requiring state institutions to use Arabic in all official contexts.

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Distorted Arabic language on shop fronts
A short tour of any Jordanian street can reveal the violation of the law on the protection of the Arabic language.
You clearly see foreign names written in the wrong language.
Shopkeepers aim to draw attention because they believe unfamiliar names are more appealing to customers, even if they transgress the language.
Many shop owners are not even aware of the existence of a law to protect the Arabic language.
No one had ever asked them the names of their businesses, either when conducting licensing transactions or after placing signs on storefronts.
The owner of a white shoes and bags shop in Abu Naseer wrote the name of his shop in English.
He attributed the reason to the fact that his goods are of interest to young people, and it is necessary that the name be foreign - as he sees - because it indicates the sophistication and level of the store.
"Showing off among this category is an important reason for them to buy, because they ask for certain brands, and while shopping they take some pictures of the goods and take the opinion of their friends," he said.
Slang writing is also common.
Mohammed Salama, the manager of one of the shops selling sweets and cocktails (Get in your time), called his shop this name because it is easy to pronounce "so that the name fits in the words of people easily, especially since the standard is not common."
Law without enforcement mechanisms
The Law on the Protection of the Arabic Language was passed in 2015.
State institutions are obliged to work for the supremacy of the language and to strengthen its role in economic, social, civil society and scientific and cultural activities.
This includes their designations, documents, transactions, records, documents, contracts and agreements to which they are party, books issued by them, any visual, audible or readable advertisements addressed to the public, any promotional and non-promotional publications, and any media campaigns.
The law does not overlook the naming of streets, neighborhoods, public squares and other sites, with the exception of the names of non-Arabic flags.
This applies to commercial, financial, industrial, scientific, social, service, recreational and tourism institutions.
The law has not found its way into actual application.
No enforcement system has been issued.
There is no specific place to receive complaints.
Although the penalty for violating language is not less than one thousand dinars and not more than three thousand dinars, according to the law, but linguistic errors fill the streets, which indicates the lack of application of the law.
According to the Secretary General of the Arabic Language Academy, Mohammed Al-Saudi, the system of "approval of names" is still awaiting the approval of the Legislation and Opinion Bureau, he told Oman News Agency.
The system aims to establish an executive mechanism for the application of the language law, by ensuring that trade names are compatible with the Arabic language rules, controlling the names of shops, and ensuring that local brands do not infringe on their international counterparts.
This requires a body that has the powers of the judicial police and the editing of violations, according to the Language Academy.
The role of the Arabic Language Academy is limited to raising awareness and addressing the various parties and calling on them to adhere to the correct Arabic language in their communications and announcements.
According to Nabil Harez, head of the publishing and editing department, "The Academy sends letters of thanks to those who are committed to the integrity and accuracy of the Arabic language."
He pointed out that several letters received by the Council about violations of the law are sent to the Prime Minister to take legal action against these institutions.
No action against violators.
The Greater Amman Municipality, as the authority responsible for issuing shop licenses, has never stopped the licensing of any shop because of its violation of the Arabic language.
The Municipality focuses primarily on the general safety conditions and adherence to the specific conditions for obtaining the license regardless of the name of the shop, as explained by Omar Abu Sundus, head of the Professions Division in the Greater Amman Municipality - Abu Naseer area.
Some shopkeepers pointed out that the shop's license had not been suspended because of the name.
Store registration instructions allow 75% of the billboard space to be in Arabic and 25% in English, with the exception of international brands allowed to be all in English.
The Amman Municipality carried out 13,000 inspection rounds during 2020, focusing on the examination of health and safety conditions and the signs of shops, according to the dispatcher of Manaseer from the Directorate of Professions in the North Amman Region of the Capital Municipality.
He pointed out that the inspectors of the Secretariat had removed the sign of one commercial place because it violated the terms of the license.
When asked whether the Amman Municipality violated shops that did not comply with the instructions, he said: "The inspectors of the Secretariat carry out inspection rounds, and take action against the violators, in addition to the violations received from the Ministry of Industry and Trade."
But Jordanian court records are devoid of any case related to the violation of the Arabic language law, according to lawyers Omar Abu Namous, Mohammed Said and Anas Jawhar.
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Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko, during the discussion on Anglicisms and foreign borrowings in Russian, read poems on this topic and did it so artistically that she earned friendly applause from senators.
On Wednesday, all senators received a dictionary compiled by Crimean officials that transmits Russian-language substitutes for foreign borrowing.
Matvienko praised its authors and read out the poems included in the handbook.
Konstantinov told how in the Crimea are struggling with the dominance of foreign words
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And we got a babysitter hypanula the wrong word.
A year of PR parent together with the child on a talk show.
And we have a famous guru in the field of architecture made a selfie for PR, the bow he chose extreme.
Realizing all our trables, in nostalgic sadness we remember how boyfriends were called grooms, instead of casting, our mothers held and not men, and men gave flowers to girls.
The party was a party, the upgrade was an improvement.
Maybe after all we have enough Russians to offend people? "- read Matvienko.
The senators greeted her reading with loud applause.
The speaker also suggested discussing the possibility of fixing at the legislative level a ban on clogging the Russian language with spilled borrowings.
“Cashback ” as it was, and it is, and all this is pronounced at the government level.
Well, there are analogues in the Russian language, why do we clog our beautiful wonderful unique language with such different words?
We need to look at it at the legislative level.
Our responsibility is to preserve the language of Pushkin, the language of which we are proud and to stop these new trends that are absolutely inappropriate, ” Matvienko said.
According to her, both France and other countries do not allow to clog their languages, and in Russia should avoid the use of foreign words that have analogues in Russian.
The task to study the issue was given to the profile committee on science, education and culture.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed an amended decree on the use of the official Russian language, banning government officials from using most foreign languages at work.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year, Putin has repeatedly stressed that he wants to protect Russia from what he calls a decadent West and that the West is trying to destroy Russia.
According to an announcement posted on the Russian government's website, a 2005 law amendment signed by Putin on Tuesday was intended to protect and support the status of Russians.
"When officials use Russian as the national language of the Russian Federation, they are prohibited from using words and expressions that do not conform to the norms of modern Russian... unless they are foreign words that are not widely used in Russia and lack equivalence."
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The International Mother Language Day page on the UNESCO website reads, "UNESCO believes in the importance of cultural and linguistic diversity for sustainable societies. It is within its mandate for peace that it works to preserve the differences in cultures and languages that foster tolerance and respect for others"

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  • International Mother Language Day was recognized by the UN in 2002
  • Out of 7000 languages spoken in the world, 2000 are spoken in India itself.
  • UNESCO has organized a webinar from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm (Paris time) to observe this day.

February 21 is celebrated as International Mother Language Day. The day is dedicated to promote awareness of linguistic diversity and cultural unity. It also promotes multilingualism. The United Nations recognised this day in 2002, three years after it was first announced on 17 November 1999 by UNESCO. It was the initiative of Bangladesh with the broader idea of preserving and protecting all the languages used by the people. It is said that out of 7000 languages spoken in the world, 2000 are spoken in India itself.

The International Mother Language Day page on the UNESCO website reads, "UNESCO believes in the importance of cultural and linguistic diversity for sustainable societies. It is within its mandate for peace that it works to preserve the differences in cultures and languages that foster tolerance and respect for others"

International Mother Language Day 2022 Theme

"Using technology for multilingual learning: Challenges and opportunities," is the theme of the International Mother Language Day 2022. The objective of this year is how to use advanced technology to support the development of quality teaching and take forward multilingual education. UNESCO has organised a webinar from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm (Paris time) to observe this day.

How many languages are spoken in India

In India, 22 languages are constitutionally recognised as mother tongues. These are- Hindi, Sanskrit, Punjabi, Santhali, Dogri, Nepali, Bodo, Maithili, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Urdu, Oriya, Konkani, Kashmiri, Manipuri, Kannada, Bengali, Sindhi, Gujarati and Marathi.

Among these, Hindi, Bengali and Marathi are the most spoken languages in India. Also, India has more than 99 non-scheduled languages.

UNESCO works to preserve cultural and linguistic diversity to foster tolerance and respect for others.

UNESCO supports linguistic diversity and has adopted a framework to promote arts and culture education, including local and indigenous cultures.

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UNESCO Member States unanimously adopted a new global framework for culture and arts education at the conclusion of the UNESCO World Conference on Culture and Arts Education, held in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi from 13 to 15 February.
According to a statement published on the UN website, the participating countries made several commitments, including a commitment to promote the priority of education for culture and the arts, to “place greater emphasis on local and indigenous cultures in the classroom, and to improve the recognition of artistic and cultural skills in professional settings. ”
The new UNESCO Framework emphasizes the need for lifelong education in culture and the arts within all types of educational frameworks, and places culture and the arts at the centre of educational policies, strategies, curricula and programmes.
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The framework broadens the understanding of "culture" to include architectural, natural and living heritage and cultural expressions, as well as cultural and creative industries.
It also focuses on the potential of digital technologies for culture and arts education to help promote intercultural dialogue and linguistic diversity.
The adopted text also recognizes that learning in, through and with cultural diversity has a vital role to play in promoting mutual understanding and overcoming divisions.
It stresses the need to focus on local cultures and heritage, especially those belonging to indigenous peoples.
It also calls for strengthened relations between educational and cultural institutions, which means more partnerships between schools, institutions and cultural property, including UNESCO World Heritage sites, as well as cultures, traditions and festivals inscribed on UNESCO ’ s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Building on the legacy of the UNESCO Road Map adopted in Lisbon (2006), the Seoul Agenda (2010) and the Declaration of the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development held in Mexico City (2022), the Framework is the outcome of two years of multilateral consultations, dialogue and negotiations with Member States.
The World Conference on Culture and Arts Education brought together nearly 1,000 cultural and educational stakeholders, including 90 ministers, including Tunisian Minister of Cultural Affairs Hayat Katat al-Qarmazi, 125 representatives of UNESCO Member States, policy makers, experts, NGOs, UN agencies, academia and representatives of the private sector.
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The Mozart Effect refers to the phenomenon where listening to Mozart's music, particularly his Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, can temporarily improve cognitive performance, especially in spatial reasoning tasks.

This concept has been a topic of interest in recent research, with some studies suggesting that listening to Mozart's music can have a positive impact on cognitive function and emotional well-being.

The idea behind the Mozart Effect is that listening to classical music, such as Mozart's, can move the brain more easily than other music, making it best suited for concentration and able to produce substantial effects in absorbing new information.

Research has shown that music can physically increase brain-boosting matter, which may help the brain repair itself, and can trigger a reaction in people with Alzheimer's disease, helping patients access memories they have lost.

Music therapy has been found to be effective in reducing anxiety and promoting relaxation, and can intervene and make up for the lack of progress in patients with dementia, increasing their engagement with the surrounding environment and reducing neurological symptoms.

However, some studies have found no evidence to support the beneficial effect of Mozart's melody on epilepsy or other cognitive improvements, highlighting the need for further research in this area.

The development of personalized music-based interventions for cognitive improvement and neurological disorders is a promising area of research, with implications for the treatment of conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and dementia.

Recent studies have investigated the use of music-based interventions for cognitive improvement, including the use of Mozart's music, with mixed results.

Overall, the Mozart Effect has significant implications for the development of personalized music-based interventions for cognitive improvement and neurological disorders, and further research is needed to fully explore its potential.

Music has a powerful effect on the human brain, activating areas that control speech, movement, cognition, memory, and emotion, and can be used to help patients regain their functional skills, such as language, walking, and physical movement, through neuromusic therapy.

The use of music-based interventions has the potential to provide a non-invasive, low-cost, and effective treatment option for individuals with cognitive impairments and neurological disorders.

Memories related to music often remain in the brain of people with dementia, even when language and other memories are lost, because areas of the brain involved in musical memory are not affected until late in the disease process.

Music can reduce the intensity of the emotional impact on groups of people with behavioral disorders and has been seen as a supportive means of controlling their level of emotions.

The Mozart Effect may depend on how music is listened to and individual differences in music preferences, with high-arousal music potentially having a positive effect on memory for people who use music as an emotional regulator in their daily lives.

Personalized music-based interventions can be created using artificial intelligence to tailor music compositions to an individual's specific needs and preferences.

Further research is needed to fully understand the implications of the Mozart Effect for the development of personalized music-based interventions for cognitive improvement and neurological disorders.

The Mozart Effect suggests that listening to Mozart's music can have a positive impact on cognitive function and emotional well-being, and has significant implications for the development of personalized music-based interventions for cognitive improvement and neurological disorders.

The Mozart Effect refers to the phenomenon where listening to Mozart's music, particularly his Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, can temporarily improve cognitive performance, especially in spatial reasoning tasks.

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Does music help you concentrate? Since we spend a lot of time in front of computers trying to finish our work, wouldn’t it be nice to listen to some of music to help concentrate? Well, music lovers, it seems like Mozart and Beethoven could actually help you with your productivity. Beethoven once said: «Music is where the spirit lives, thinks and invents.»

This relationship between music and the brain is an area that has been intensively explored in research. Many studies point to the ability of music to help employees be more productive and help children in their learning process more effectively. University research in France found that students who listened to music for an hour while reading, scored significantly higher on a questionnaire compared to a group of students who read without music.

Your attention span is better when listening to music

It seems that music for concentration puts students in a heightened emotional state, so that they can be more receptive to information. «It is possible that music causes a change in the learning environment and influenced students’ motivation to stay focused while reading, which led to better performance on a multiple-choice questionnaire,» concluded the french research team in a recent article.

But before you start playing any type, you have to find the music that works better for the type of work you are trying to carry do. For example, the classic from the Baroque period is said to do wonders for brain activity when you are studying or writing. But not all classical music is created equal, so dramatic changes and complicated fugue changes may not be as conducive as a smooth piano piece. So if you have to choose a composer, we would say Mozart. There seems to be evidence that Mozart’s improves mental performance: it is called «The Mozart Effect”.

Build a harmonious space

If you don’t like classical, the discreet sound found in ambient music may work well for you instead. What is the purpose of this if you are not at the airport, you ask? Well, for creative purposes, it’s better than emptiness and silence. According to one of its pioneers, musician Brian Eno: “Background music must be able to accommodate many levels of attention when listening, without forcing one in particular. It must be as ignorable as it is interesting ”.

In fact, researchers have shown that a moderate level of noise, such as that found in the environment, can actually get creative juices flowing. Music with especially low-lows or especially high-highs should be avoided. Certain types of jazz instrumental melodies can also get your brain working.

Music without lyrics

In general, if you are doing work that requires writing, you should avoid listening to music with lyrics as the words in a song are especially destructive to your concentration. Since hearing words activates the brain’s language center, attempting to perform tasks related to another language would be like trying to have a conversation while someone else is speaking to you. But, if you are a cartoonist, and you don’t deal with sentence construction, hearing letters may not have the same effect.

Finally, studies show that listening to music you’re already familiar with may be better if you really need to focus. New songs take you into the unknown and your brain will want to listen closely to see what comes next. With the music you are familiar with you know what to expect, so it doesn’t distract you from your work. And if you like the tune you’re listening to try not to whistle it while you work, as that will only distract you.

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Everyone knows that Mozart and Beethoven were geniuses.
But who would have thought that their masterpieces, created hundreds of years ago, would become part of a rapidly evolving trend called “wellness music ”?
According to Liz Cooper, founder of the British Academy of Sound Therapy, wellness music is any music that you listen to to to improve your well-being.
In the scientific community, this is called “music medicine. ”
Liz explains that such music contains “sound vitamins ” that supply“ nutrients ” to our body and brain.
“Sound vitamins are the small properties that make up a piece of music.
For example, studies have shown that the nervous system is well influenced by low tones and a slow pace, ” says Liz.
You can feel better and calm down, and your health will improve over time (read on to find out how).
“Sound vitamins are the small properties that make up a piece of music.
For example, studies have shown that the nervous system is well influenced by low tones and a slow pace. ”
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Founder of the British Academy of Sound Therapy
Liz, and with her, major trend forecasting organizations, argue that music medicine is on the verge of a “crazy breakthrough. ”
Some music streaming and meditation apps already have therapeutic compositions, or the developers plan to turn them off.
New technological platforms are being prepared for the launch, on which it will be possible to create personal compositions for restoration with the help of artificial intelligence.
And this is not surprising: according to Liz, we may never have experienced such a strong need for home and low-cost recreation and recovery facilities as last year.
How music relaxes muscles and calms the mind
MRI studies have shown that music medicine activates various parts of the brain, especially the limbic system.
“This area is called the emotional center of the brain, it is connected to its other departments that control blood pressure, heart rate and respiratory rate, as well as our emotional state, ” says Vina Graf, MD, associate professor of anesthesiology and resuscitation at the University of Pennsylvania.
In other words, when we listen to therapeutic music, the brain sends a signal to the body to calm down.
Any music stimulates the release of neurotransmitters, such as dopamine and other endorphins.
These substances can increase or decrease stress markers.
“That ’ s why some songs make us feel nostalgic, happy, sad or angry, and also help us calm down or cheer up, ” explains Vina.
"When these stress markers are lowered, one can enter a state of deep relaxation, which is called an altered state of consciousness.
These are wonderful, warm, fuzzy sensations that we experience just before falling asleep or waking up, says Liz. – In this state, we do not just feel good at the moment, it is associated with a variety of potential health benefits, including good mood and reducing anxiety, relieving muscle tension and getting rid of pain. ”
“The more vitamins in the track, the more stress and inflammation levels are reduced when listening, ” says Vina.
In the course of the study, she found that music medicine is no worse than meditation helps to relieve anxiety before surgery.
“The most effective vitamins include a rate of 60 to 80 beats per minute, minimal sharp drops, lack of text and a small amount of sound vibrations, ” says Vina.
(So your usual indie playlist probably won ’ t work, but classical music or yoga tracks will probably work.)
All these elements help the brain and body to move from the “fight or run ” mode to the rest and recovery mode.
Some sound vitamins, such as gradual slowing of sound, can directly affect the heart rate and / or blood pressure of the listener.
“It came out when we tested one of my tracks in the University of Sussex ’ s Brain Research Laboratory, ” Liz says.
So powerful that when this song was played on the radio station, drivers were advised to park at the curb while listening. ”
Both experts note that we are only at the initial stage of understanding how powerful music medicine can become.
Now, researchers using fitness trackers can measure heart rate and blood pressure while listening to a melody to determine which sound vitamins give the maximum effect.
Next, they can be used to achieve a certain effect, for example, to fall asleep, relieve anxiety or restore muscles after training.
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“Wellness music is a category that includes several subgenres selected on the basis of research: ambient, calm and classical music, compositions with a slowing pace and therapeutic music, ” says Vina.
In your favorite applications, try different genres and experiment until you find those compositions that will help you achieve the desired effect.
Or use our tips if you are looking for music to relax:
• Recovery after exercise: “Studies suggest that low-frequency sounds promote deeper muscle relaxation, ” Liz says.
Try the Paua track.
According to Liz, it is especially good at relieving stress and tension after training.
Music before bedtime: “Look for music without abrupt changes, with long low tones, where the sounds of the outside world are used more than musical tones, ” advises Liz.
Before going to bed, you should not listen to music with sharp high sounds.
A great option for an evening audition is the song Somnus X, written by Liz herself.
At the beginning of the composition, a rich sonic landscape unfolds, which then gradually fades for 10 minutes.
• Instant stress relief: When choosing a composition that also involves breathing movements (in this case, you can use music with words), it will be twice easier for the brain and body to go to rest.
Liz ’ s balanced BB1 breathing exercises help to calm anxiety in just 5 minutes and even faster.
No matter when and why you listen to music, Liz advises using full-size headphones for a greater immersion effect.
According to Liz, this way you can feel the low frequencies passing through the headphones directly to your bones and muscles.
And although you can evaluate the benefits of music medicine almost immediately, in just one track, listen to these songs for at least five minutes a day - so the positive changes will increase.
“Our research has shown that there is a cumulative effect, ” says Liz. — The more you listen to this music, as in the case of meditation or mindfulness practice, the more effective the process becomes.
You can dive very deep, because it ’ s something already familiar. ”
The more you immerse yourself in Zen through Mozart, the deeper you comprehend Zen.
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In 2023, an estimated 6.7 million Americans aged 65 and older have Alzheimer ’ s disease.
Dementia in the elderly is an incurable disease. It is easy for patients to become isolated, because they will feel isolated and helpless about their own uselessness, and they are used to being alone in order to avoid embarrassment.
In the latter stages, they often lose the ability to communicate with people around them.
It is very painful for the patients themselves and the caregivers and family members who care for them.
In recent years, it has been found that music therapy can intervene and make up for this lack of progress.
It also increases the patient ’ s engagement with the surrounding environment and reduces many neurological symptoms, such as anxiety, depression, and unexplained tantrums.
In other words, when people with dementia are unable to connect with their loved ones, that is, when they are unable to speak their language, music is the last bridge to interact with each other.
Q1: Do people with dementia have special feelings about music?
A1: According to nearly a decade of research by the Department of Neurology at Northwestern University, it has been found that even though people with dementia lose language and other memories, memories related to music often remain in the brain.
This is because areas of the brain involved in musical memory (e.g., the cerebellum) are not affected until late in the disease process.
Familiar music can help people with dementia recover certain aspects of their memory, make them feel calm, and greatly improve their mood.
Q2: Why do people with dementia remember their favorite songs?
A2: Although suffering from severe dementia, it means that a person has very little memory of their past.
Even if you can ’ t remember your son ’ s name, familiar songs that you ’ ve heard and sung will always come to mind.
Q3: In addition to music, is listening to the radio good for elderly people with dementia?
A3: In fact, the radio can not only provide good music, but also play emotional dialogue, which can truly relieve the loneliness of the dementia patient and bring comfort and peace.
Q4: How do people with dementia react to music?
A4: According to the research of clinical psychiatrists, it is found that people with dementia who are generally slow to respond to music, especially to their favorite music.
Hearing a familiar concert naturally shows a pleasant response, such as smiling or moving your body or even starting to dance.
And it seems to produce a unique and powerful stimulus response to familiar music that awakens the patient ’ s past personal and social connections.
In theory, if music can evoke memories, it may also help patients evoke other memories or related memories of that period.
In several studies, it has been consistently found that music tends to evoke more positive and positive memories from life than other clues.
Q5: Can music also prevent cognitive decline?
A5: Playing and listening to music can help slow the decline of cognitive function in older adults, according to a new study in Medical Journal Today.
Active note vibrations increase gray matter in certain areas of the brain and increase the plasticity of brain cells. Although music does not reverse or prevent brain cell shrinkage due to aging, it can slow cognitive decline.
Q6: What kind of music is most helpful?
A6: Studies have proved that classical music is the best choice.
The International Institute of Science calls this phenomenon the "Mozart effect."
It is recommended to listen to classical music such as Mozart, Bach, Beethoven and other famous composers.
Classical music seems to move the brain more easily than other music, is best suited for concentration, and is more able to produce substantial effects in absorbing new information.
Q7: Do musicians suffer from dementia?
A7: According to the International Institute of Science, a study of twins reported that musicians have a 64% lower risk of developing mild cognitive impairment or dementia.
The analysis of two other studies found that musicians had an average 59% lower risk of dementia.
Training and performance, which can be attributed to music, stimulates the brain and improves its ability to respond to the outside world.
Q8: Which organ is most stimulated by music?
A8: Although most activities such as visual art, computing, and language are mainly only half of the brain.
But music is one of the few that can pass through the auditory nerve and stimulate neurons on both sides of the brain at the same time.
Q9: How does music react in the brain?
A9: Music can promote the production of hormones dopamine and serotonin in the brain.
These are neurotransmitters that increase the sense of pleasure and ease.
There is also the so-called love hormone - oxytocin.
At the same time, research evidence shows that music can help reduce levels of the stress hormone cortisol, instantly relieving feelings of anxiety and depression.
Q10: How long does the music last?
A10: It ’ s a concern that in people with dementia, music can improve mood, behavior, and in some cases cognitive function, which, according to the Clinical Psychiatric Society, lasts for hours or even days after the music stops.
Q11: Can people without dementia benefit from music?
A11: A recent study suggests that playing an instrument and actively listening to music can help slow cognitive decline in people aged 62-78.
This study once again determined that musical activity increases the gray matter in many areas of the brain. Gray matter is an essential nerve tissue in the brain and spinal cord.
In particular, it plays an important role in psychology, memory, mood and movement. The increase in gray matter also increases the plasticity of the brain ’ s nerves – the brain ’ s ability to reconnect itself, which is important for learning cognition and memory preservation.
In addition to actively playing music, the 2023 study also showed that long-term music training, regardless of the age of the participants, can bring potential functional benefits to the brain and help keep the brain young and slow down aging.
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Music has a powerful effect on the human brain, as singing, playing an instrument or listening to music has been shown to activate many areas of the brain that control speech.
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Singing, playing an instrument or listening to music has been shown to activate many areas of the brain that control speech, movement, cognition, memory and emotion.
Research suggests that music can physically increase brain-boosting matter, which may help the brain repair itself, and what ’ s even more interesting is the effect that music can have even in situations where the brain may not function as it should.
Neuro-Music Therapy
Studies show that for people with Alzheimer ’ s disease, music can trigger a reaction, helping patients access memories they have lost, and there is also evidence of patients who have suffered brain damage and lost the ability to speak and can still sing when music is played.
Given the powerful effect music has on the brain, scientists are investigating whether it can be used to treat many different neurological conditions, such as stroke or Parkinson ’ s disease, and one of these treatments is currently being investigated for use — neuromusic therapy, which works somewhat like physical therapy.
Treatment sessions use musical or rhythmic exercises to help patients regain their functional skills, as patients who relearn to walk after an accident can tune to music during the treatment session.
Talking, walking, thinking.
This type of therapy has shown promising results in helping stroke survivors regain language, improve walking and regain physical movement better than other standard treatments, and researchers are seeking to see if neuromusic therapy can treat other movement disorders, such as Parkinson ’ s disease.
Most studies in this area have used a technique called “rhythmic torsion exercises, ” which uses the brain ’ s ability to synchronize with a rhythm unconsciously, such as having to walk at a certain speed with music or rhythm.
Studies have shown that neuromusic therapy improves walking and reduces involuntary temporary immobility in Parkinson ’ s patients.
Studies have also investigated whether this type of treatment can address cognitive problems in people who have suffered traumatic brain injury or Huntington's disease (a hereditary mental illness similar to a progressive deterioration of mental status, caused by the death of brain cells).
Neuromusic therapy focuses on activating and stimulating areas of the brain that may be damaged, such as the prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain responsible for planning, decision-making, problem-solving and self-control.
One research study found that these types of activities significantly improved focus and attention for patients with traumatic brain injury, which in turn had a positive effect on their health and reduced feelings of depression or anxiety.
Music and Brain
It is believed that the reason for the success of music therapy is that music can activate and simulate many different parts of the brain at once, and for patients with neurological conditions, it is often the connections in the brain that cause the problems, not the particular area itself.
Listening to music also improves nerve cell repair better than other activities, such as listening to an audiobook, which could mean the brain works better and builds new connections.
Music is thought to have long-lasting effects on the brain as well, to the extent that a musician ’ s brain is actually better connected than people who haven ’ t played music, and this may be important for people with neurological conditions, as music can help repair damaged connections over time.
Research suggests that this activation of multiple areas of the brain may be why neuromusic therapy is more successful than other standard treatments alone.
Given that many neurological conditions affect connections in the brain, the ability of music to activate multiple areas at once may help overcome these problems and build new connections, allowing people to better cope with or cope with certain symptoms.
Early results from the studies show just how hopeful neuromusic therapy can be, especially as research is underway to see if it can be used to help people with age-related diseases, such as dementia or Alzheimer ’ s.
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Music therapy has been found to be effective in reducing anxiety and promoting relaxation, and can intervene and make up for the lack of progress in patients with dementia, increasing their engagement with the surrounding environment and reducing neurological symptoms.

However, some studies have found no evidence to support the beneficial effect of Mozart's melody on epilepsy or other cognitive improvements, highlighting the need for further research in this area.

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Scientists have dispelled the myth that Mozart ’ s music helps with epilepsy
Scientists from the University of Vienna have dispelled the myth that Mozart ’ s major sonata KV448 can alleviate the symptoms of epilepsy.
The results of the study are presented in the journal Scientific Reports.
According to the authors of the work, they could not find evidence of the above theory.
In the past, it was believed that Mozart ’ s music had many positive effects on a person, for example, it increases the intelligence of the fetus if a pregnant woman listened to it.
Recently, a number of studies have shown that KV448 sonata alleviates symptoms in patients with epilepsy.
In their work, scientists analyzed these studies, as well as other scientific literature.
As it turned out, there is no reliable evidence of the beneficial effect of the melody.
According to the authors, erroneous results could have been obtained due to selective reporting and small samples.
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The development of personalized music-based interventions for cognitive improvement and neurological disorders is a promising area of research, with implications for the treatment of conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and dementia.

Recent studies have investigated the use of music-based interventions for cognitive improvement, including the use of Mozart's music, with mixed results.

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The beneficial effects of music on memory may depend on how it is listened to

The initial results of the study of the 'Mozart effect' on neurodegeneration show that listening to classical music in the background has no benefits for learning
The research has been carried out with people experiencing mild cognitive impairment, and it did find individual differences when listening to 'high-arousal' music

Listening to 'high-arousal' music could have a positive effect on memory for people who are accustomed to using music as an emotional regulator (Image: Clem Onojeghuo, Unsplash)

Given the lack of effective treatments to counteract cognitive impairment, background music has traditionally been proposed as a possible therapeutic alternative for improving memory-related tasks. Its effect has long been the focus of debate, but this relationship has now been found to be possibly determined by new interindividual parameters, which means that it may be more complex than was previously thought. This is shown by research led by Marco Calabria, a researcher in the Cognitive Neurolab group of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), who is now considering new experiments.

The initial results of the Mozart effect and memory in patients with cognitive impairment (MEM-COG) study, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, suggest that listening to background classical music while performing memory tasks neither improves nor impairs learning levels among people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). However, listening to more 'high-arousal' music was found to have a possible positive effect on people who are accustomed to using music as an emotional regulator in their everyday lives, which suggests there is potential for further hypotheses and research.

The study, which has been published as open access in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, was carried out with patients at the neuropsychology unit of Barcelona's Hospital de Sant Pau, and involved researchers at the hospital, Montreal's Concordia University and Madrid's Gregorio Marañón Health Research Institute.

There is no universal effect

"We found no general impact concerning the effect of music in terms of whether it had positive or negative effects on learning in cases of MCI, but we did find that it would be modulated for each individual. If people regularly use music as an emotional regulator in their daily life, such as to help them remain calm or for company, they will find it easier to obtain further benefits from music when they have to learn something new," explained Calabria, who has a PhD in Psychobiology.

The subjects of the study were people with mild amnestic cognitive impairment, i.e. they have memory problems as a result of an onset of neurodegeneration that is more specific in the parts of the brain dealing with aspects of learning and memory. The experiments consisted of observing 24 photographs of human faces. Participants were instructed to memorize them, and 10 minutes later, they were asked to look at a new series containing the previous 24 images and 24 new ones, in order to attempt to identify the ones that they had already seen.

A classical choice

The first test was performed with the subjects listening to classical music in the information consolidation phase but not in the recovery phase, while in the second exercise it was repeated with the auditory stimulus during both phases. However, no significant differences were observed in terms of results.

Classical music was used in these exercises because "it's a type of music that falls between relaxing and arousing, and has proven to be the most effective for enhancing memory". Furthermore, the fact that it is instrumental reduces the interference (that can come from lyrics) with the content that the participants have to learn in the memory task.

A ray of light

However, Calabria's team wanted to carry out a third experiment using popular music which was considered arousing rather than relaxing, and after a preliminary study, they used an instrumental version of Un rayo de sol (A ray of light), by the group Los Diablos. In that experiment, according to Calabria, the results suggested that "the use of music as a strategy for mood regulation is associated with better performance in memory tasks."

Ongoing research

This finding opens up the possibility of further research to continue exploring the role of interindividual preferences and attitudes towards music among patients with MCI. The group plans to continue the project until late 2024.

During this time, it will investigate whether background music could be more useful in other cognitive domains, such as in attention and concentration in patients with Parkinson's disease. The experiments will also involve the use of a new infrared spectroscopy device in the Neuro Lab, one of the recently opened new laboratories at the UOC, which will show the activation at the cerebral level while cognitive processes are taking place. This will help to determine whether or not there are any alterations in the brain's modulation, in which areas this takes place, and whether it depends on the type of person studied, regardless of the level of response to music.

In overall terms, this will help to find a type of marker which determines the people most likely to benefit from music in cognitive tasks. "The more we know about how background music shapes cognitive processes, the better the use we can make of music as a therapeutic tool in cognitive stimulation," concluded Calabria, an expert in the study of cognitive processes and a member of teaching staff on the UOC's Master's Degree in Neuropsychology.

This research project receives funding from the Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Government of Spain, and contributes to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 3, Good health and well-being.

Reference article:

Calabria, Marco et al. 'Background Music and Memory in Mild Cognitive Impairment: The Role of Interindividual Differences'. 1 Jan. 2023: 815 – 829. DOI: 10.3233/JAD-221051

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The Mozart Effect may depend on how music is listened to and individual differences in music preferences, with high-arousal music potentially having a positive effect on memory for people who use music as an emotional regulator in their daily lives.

Personalized music-based interventions can be created using artificial intelligence to tailor music compositions to an individual's specific needs and preferences.

Further research is needed to fully understand the implications of the Mozart Effect for the development of personalized music-based interventions for cognitive improvement and neurological disorders.

The Mozart Effect suggests that listening to Mozart's music can have a positive impact on cognitive function and emotional well-being, and has significant implications for the development of personalized music-based interventions for cognitive improvement and neurological disorders.