The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Second Edition - E.M. Rickerson

The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Second Edition - E.M. Rickerson

How does the brain cope with multiple languages?

The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Second Edition - E.M. Rickerson

Henk Haarmann

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The brain comes with readiness for language in general, but acquiring the actual sounds, words, and grammar of a particular language means growing new connections between neurons, the individual brain cells.

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Haarmann, Henk. How does the brain cope with multiple languages?. The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Second Edition. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 77-79 Apr 2012. ISBN 9781908049490. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=20751. Date accessed: 26 Apr 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.20751. Apr 2012

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