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Published online 28 February 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020225-7
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Bilinguals kick out their tongues
Linguists filter languages for sound before meaning.
Bilingual people switch off one language to avoid speaking double Dutch. By first sounding out words in their brain's dictionary, they may stop one tongue from interfering with another.
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