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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The most recently learned language is more vulnerable to damage from a stroke, unless both languages were acquired simultaneously, in which case they are equally affected.

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