A new study shows that while Czech speakers are immune to specific grammar illusions in their mother tongue, they unconsciously adopt the “glitchy” processing patterns of native speakers when reading in English.
Bilingual brains switch modes as Czech speakers process English like natives, even when it means making ‘native’ mistake
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