Or: people who are more rational, people who can create psychological distance, people who encourage systematic rather than automatic thinking, and people with reduce emotional impact of decisions—those are people who can and do learn additional languages.
Multilingualism is more common than monolingualism in the population at large; it’s impossible to narrow down perfectly since degree matters (does this person use multiple languages but favor one, how do you count languages used in specific contexts only, etc) but the world total is generally taken to be between 60 and 70 percent.
Or: people who are more rational, people who can create psychological distance, people who encourage systematic rather than automatic thinking, and people with reduce emotional impact of decisions—those are people who can and do learn additional languages.
Multilingualism is more common than monolingualism in the population at large; it’s impossible to narrow down perfectly since degree matters (does this person use multiple languages but favor one, how do you count languages used in specific contexts only, etc) but the world total is generally taken to be between 60 and 70 percent.