Unkotare
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- Aug 16, 2011
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Some multilinguals report experiencing a different personality or even worldview when communicating in their second (or third, or fourth, etc.) language. Does this match your experiences, and is it real or just a factor of the speaker's attitude and expectations regarding the culture(s) associated with the language in question? Does it suggest a real neurolinguistic effect of bilingualism or is it a social and cultural phenomenon? If a change in brain function does indicate a legitimately different attitude, outlook, or personality trait what does this mean in terms of culture, identity, communication, and how we relate to one another?