Metalinguistic Awareness

The video discusses the concept of metalinguistic awareness, which is crucial for understanding language as a structured system. It highlights that bilingual children often develop this awareness earlier than monolingual children. The video explains how metalinguistic awareness is measured through tasks that require separating grammatical structure from meaning. It also presents evidence that bilingual adults perform better in these tasks, as shown by neurological brain imaging.

Explain the significance of separating grammatical structure from meaning in language understanding.

What does the evidence from neurological brain imaging suggest about bilingual adults' metalinguistic understanding?