Which language might one lose? Probing into bilingual aphasia

06/22/2024

Aphasia is the loss of ability to produce or comprehend language due to injuries in certain parts of the brain. So what happens to aphasiacs who spoke more than one language prior to the injury? In this piece, Yan-Yi Lee describes the complications of aphasia in bilinguals and explains whether bilingualism may help lessen any effects of aphasia. Full article to be found on the Varsity page here. (Note that this is one of the editor's old articles in another journalistic outlet) 

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