How Does a Bilingual Speaker's Brain Process Two Languages? New Research Suggests That Both Rely on the Same Neural Wiring
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Language allows humans to express an infinite range of meanings with remarkably small changes to a word. By modifying a term’s form, speakers can indicate whether they’re referring to one or many things, the past or the present, or other grammatical distinctions.
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Language allows humans to express an infinite range of meanings with remarkably small changes to a word. By modifying a term’s form, speakers can indicate whether they’re referring to one or many things, the past or the present, or other grammatical distinctions. Add -s as a suffix to the English word book, for example, and it becomes the plural books. But the rules that govern grammar can vary widely between languages.
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How Does a Bilingual Speaker's Brain Process Two Languages? New Research Suggests That Both Rely on the Same Neural Wiring
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