BBC future - How our brains cope with speaking more than one language

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Re: BBC future - How our brains cope with speaking more than one language

Postby kanewai » Mon Jul 25, 2022 8:32 pm

Iversen wrote:What's the problem?
The phenomenon they studied was people who stumble over words in their native language when switching between two languages. Their conclusion was that it wasn't caused by interference per se, but rather that our brains over-suppress one language in order to access another language.
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Re: BBC future - How our brains cope with speaking more than one language

Postby Le Baron » Fri Jul 29, 2022 2:19 pm

It happened! When I was just in the supermarket on the way back home. I was behind a woman who packed her bag and left a pot of Waldorf type salad on the packing area. She was behind me looking at the plants. And I came out with a hybrid sentence:

'Madame, vous avez oublié deze salade...'

I even said 'salade' in the Dutch way. It was a bit absurd. I think I know why it happened. I was listening to music going around the supermarket and some of the songs are French. At that point, when I pulled the earphone out I was listening to Mon Cœur by Izia.
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