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Just in case anybody's interested in the answer to the question I inadvertently posted, here's what Lee Jackson had to say: Mr. Hunt: To the extent that we learn through language, I thought that it would be of interest to determine how people around the world learn through the use of natural language search engines. I have often pondered the extent to which internet resources (and the world wide web in particular) are english-centric. If more organizations and individuals were to develop multilingual resources that are searchable by keywords in many languages, just imagine how much more effectively we could locate information! I am currently helping to develop resources for several non-profit organizations which are interested in providing multilingual information resources, and this project led to my posts in a number of USENET groups and mailing lists, including yours. I have tried to carefully avoid the impression of "spamming", and hope you were not unduly offended by my post. I chose your mailing list among others from the inter-links listserv directory. (http://www.nova.edu/Inter-Links/cgi-bin/lists) Sometimes, it's hard to know where the best information will come from, and I thought that given the title of your list, your subscribers may well have some insights into this topic. I have received a number of responses from many diverse sources, and have amassed a growing list of non-English specific search engines. If it would be of any interest to you and/or the CASLL list, I would be happy to share my findings. Regards, Lee Jackson web developer and recovering english major:-) [log in to unmask]