Many bilinguals switch languages in daily-life conversations. Although this usually happens
within sentence context and with another speaker, most research on the cognitive …

Switching language is costly for bilingual speakers and listeners, suggesting that language
control is effortful in both modalities. But are the mechanisms underlying language control …

Bilinguals spontaneously switch languages in conversation even though laboratory studies
reveal robust cued language switching costs. The authors investigated how voluntary …

How bilinguals switch between languages depends on the context. In a voluntary context,
bilinguals are free to decide when to switch, whereas in a cued context they are instructed …

When bilinguals talk amongst one another they frequently use two languages within the
same utterance. Listeners who overhear a conversation in which bilinguals switch between …

Language switching is often associated with language competition and switching costs.
However, the underlying mechanisms might differ depending on context (free versus cued …

How do bilinguals switch easily between languages in everyday conversation, even though
studies have consistently found that switching slows responses? In previous work …

The current study investigated the possibility that language switches could be relatively
automatically triggered by context. Single-word switches, in which bilinguals switched …

A unique feature of bilingual speech is that bilinguals often produce utterances that switch
between languages, such as “I ate huevos para el desayuno [eggs for breakfast]”. While this …

Previous research on bilingual language switching costs has demonstrated asymmetrical
switch costs, driven primarily by language dominance, such that switches into a more …