coordinate bilingual

a person who regularly uses two languages, the second language having been learned independently from the first and within a different contextual environment. The mental representation of knowledge about the two languages is thought to be relatively independent. In contrast, a compound bilingual is a person who regularly uses two languages but who learned the languages as a result of equal and simultaneous exposure to them. See code switching; dual coding theory.

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May 10th 2024

cyclopia

n. a congenital disorder characterized by the merging of the two eye orbits into a single cavity that contains one eye. Cyclopia is associated with trisomy 13.