Bilingual children of immigrant parents display markedly different conversational styles depending on the language they speak each time. Florida Atlantic University study found that they adhered more to the'standards' of Latin American cultures when speaking Spanish, compared to more 'American' behavior when speaking English.
Length of time living in the U.S. also affected acculturation, with longer exposure subtly shifting mothers' interactions in Spanish toward The more 'talkative' American standard. And yet, a cultural difference is still evident between conversations conducted in the two languages.