A bilingual speaker rapidly switches between English and Spanish; which outcome is most likely observed regarding aspiration?

💡 Explanation

The effect of language transfer is complex, but aspiration remains language-specific due to deeply ingrained phonetic rules; therefore, English aspiration patterns will likely remain relatively intact, rather than diminishing or causing global changes in both languages, because phonetic categories are robust.

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