Many People Who Are Bilingual Experience a Different Sense of Self

question 99

Multiple Choice

Many people who are bilingual experience a different sense of self depending on which language they are using.This most clearly illustrates the implications of

• A) Whorf's linguistic determinism hypothesis.
• B) Wernicke's speech comprehension theory.
• C) Broca's speech production theory.
• D) Chomsky's language acquisition theory.

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Definitions:

Paralogs

Genes that arise by duplication within the same organism, often developing new functions while retaining some characteristics of the original gene.

Functional Redundancy

The phenomenon where multiple species or genes perform similar functions within an ecosystem or biological system, providing resilience against environmental changes or perturbations.

Engrailed Gene

A gene that plays a crucial role in defining the segments and patterning of the body parts in many organisms, including their limb development.

Paralog

A paralog is a homologous gene that arises by gene duplication. Paralogs together form a gene family.