Bilingual phonological interaction: Cross-language process transfer in code-switching

Bilinguals challenge the boundaries of languages’ distinct grammars – including their phonological systems and processes but impact code-switching on challenging these is not fully understood. The current study explores interaction between adult bilinguals’ two by investigating effects cross-language transfer processes. I investigate main questions: 1) Can a bilingual speaker cross-linguistically (promotion) or lack particular (inhibition) in context?; 2) Do code switches affect degree and/or frequency influences? To answer questions, examine /t/ → [ɾ] tapping process English /d/ [ð] spirantization Spanish. Data was collected from Miami Corpus (Bangor University). Results indicate that can contexts, transfers be realized through phonetically gradient and, occasionally, categorical effects. also indeed nature transfers. These results suggest motivate bilingual’s offer insight into systems’ boundaries.