If a Bilingual Person Has a Stroke in the Language

question 47

Multiple Choice

If a bilingual person has a stroke in the language centers of the brain, which statement best describes the likely outcome of recovering one of the languages?

• A)The most recently learned language will suffer the greatest unless both languages were learned at about the same time in which case both languages will be equally affected.
• B)The most recently learned language will not be affected.
• C)The person is most likely to speak both languages within the same sentence.
• D)The most recently learned language will suffer the greatest deficit.
• E)If both languages were learned at about the same time, then the two languages will be equally affected.

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