When compared with socioeconomically similar monolinguals, bilingual children
a. fail to achieve normal fluency in either language.
b. achieve normal levels of fluency and also gain some cognitive advantages.
c. begin a slow but inevitable decline into retardation.
d. suffer no cognitive deficits, but language learning is slower.
B
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