Languages

Do bilingual people think differently than monolingual people?

For

They switch perspectives and mental structures.

Against

Thinking depends more on personality than language count.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • Having lived with a bilingual English-Portuguese speaker for a number of years, I do believe that it's almost like two different brains.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • In Portuguese I'm way more direct, almost blunt, but in English I dance around things more.
    RedditOriginal language: English

Against

  • Code switching is when a person changes how they speak intentionally due to cultural or personal or social norms.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • Alot of bilingual people think in whichever language they've been using more recently.
    RedditOriginal language: English
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