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</font></div><font size="3"><div> </div><div> </div><font color="#000000"><div> </div><div>Hi Bruno:</div><font face="Times New Roman"><div> </div><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><div><font size="3">Here are some exx., Spanish and English, from developing
bilinguals, that I’ve excerpted from my book (in press; Cambridge tells me it’ll
be out in Jan. 2014 (the link for information is </font><a href="http://www.cambridge.org/us/search?iFeelLucky=false¤tTheme=Academic_v1&query=Carmen+Silva-Corval%C3%A1n"><font color="#3a2eb5" size="3">http://www.cambridge.org/us/search?iFeelLucky=false¤tTheme=Academic_v1&query=Carmen+Silva-Corval%C3%A1n</font></a><font size="3">
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</p><font size="3"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">From: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bilingual Language Acquisition: Spanish and English in the first six years</i>.<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;">The examples illustrate different phenomena. Do email me if you have questions. Apologies for the layout. This is my first message to the list.</p></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">(66) </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">G: What’s on your mind now?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><font size="3"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>N: Which mind?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(2;10.22)<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><font size="3"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>G: What are you trying to get?<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: -0.8in; tab-stops: .3in;"><span lang="ES-CL" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-CL;"><font size="3"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: -0.8in; tab-stops: .3in;"><span lang="ES-CL" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-CL;"><font size="3"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>(148)
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[N doesn’t want to tell a story]<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: -0.8in; tab-stops: .3in;"><font size="3"><span lang="ES-CL" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-CL;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>N:
Porque estoy muy <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">cansado</i>-masc para un
cuento. Tengo la voz, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">la</i>-fem<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> boca</i>-fem<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> cansada</i>-fem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>(3;9)<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘Because I’m very
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">tired</i> for a story. I have my voice,
my <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mouth tired</i>.’ <o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="ES-CL" style='mso-ansi-language: ES-CL; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><span lang="ES-CL" style='mso-ansi-language: ES-CL; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>(151) N: Bibi, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">cómbete</i> con tu cepillo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>(2;7.25)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">comb</i>,
instead of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">péinate</i>]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘Bibi, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">comb-yourself</i>
with your brush.’<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="ES-CL" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-CL;"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3"><span lang="ES-CL" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-CL;">(160) B: La
Navidad está ahora <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">over</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>(2;10)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>[from ‘to be over’, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">terminar</i>
in Spanish]<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘Christmas is now <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">over</i>’<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="ES-CL" style='mso-ansi-language: ES-CL; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font><font size="3"><span lang="ES-CL" style='mso-ansi-language: ES-CL; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>(172) N: Prende
el agua, papi.</span><span lang="ES-CL" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-CL;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>(1;10.22)<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>‘Turn on the
water, daddy.’<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .3in;"><span lang="ES-CL" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-CL;"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font><span lang="ES-CL" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-CL;"><font size="3">(187) C: Había una vez dos niños-<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .3in;"><font size="3"><span lang="ES-CL" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-CL;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>B: No, Bibi, no dos niños, un niño y una
niña.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>(2;6.11)<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">(178) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Paraphrasis and
metaphor</i>. Bren and I are playing with legos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(B, 4;5)<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>B:
¿Sabes, Bibi, ese camión verde?<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>‘You
know, Bibi, that green truck?’<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></span><span lang="ES-CL" style='mso-ansi-language: ES-CL; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>C: ¿De la basura?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="ES-CL" style='mso-ansi-language: ES-CL; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>‘For trash?’<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><span lang="ES-CL" style='mso-ansi-language: ES-CL; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>B: El camión verde que
lleva soldados.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>[that
is, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">un tanque</i> ‘a tank’]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>‘The
green truck that carries soldiers.’<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></span><span lang="ES-CL" style='mso-ansi-language: ES-CL; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>C: ¡Ah, el tanque!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="ES-CL" style='mso-ansi-language: ES-CL; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>‘Ah! The
tank!<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="ES-CL" style='mso-ansi-language: ES-CL; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>B: Sí, el tanque. <o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="ES-CL" style='mso-ansi-language: ES-CL; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>‘Yes, the
tank.’<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><span lang="ES-CL" style='mso-ansi-language: ES-CL; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>B: Le </span><span lang="ES-CL" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-CL;">cortaron la trompa a ese camión
verde.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>[<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">trompa</i> ‘trunk’ for ‘cannon’]<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>‘They
cut the trunk of that green truck.’<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span lang="ES-CL" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-CL;">C: La trompa; <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">you mean</i> ‘el cañón del tanque’?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><span lang="ES-CL" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-CL;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span></span>‘The
trunk; you mean ‘the cannon of the tank’?’<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span lang="ES-CL" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-CL;">B: Sí; el cañón por donde tiran esa
bola, ese <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">cannon ball</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><span lang="ES-CL" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-CL;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span></span>‘Yes;
the cannon from where they throw that ball, that cannon ball.’<span style='mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"><font size="3">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></font></p></span></font></font></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%;">On Tuesday, August 20, 2013 7:44:00 PM UTC-7, Bruno wrote:</p><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;"><div dir="ltr">Hello all,<br><br>I like to use attention grabbers the first day of class in my language acquisition courses. I usually mention the fis phenomenon, McNeill and Braine on negative evidence, and some fun errors (for example from Erika Hoff's and Eve Clark's books, with attribution). Students laugh and become really interested in figuring out why kids say the darnedest things.<br>I was wondering if somebody can share examples that can be used this way or if people have some favorite ones they use.<br>Thanks all.<br><br>Bruno<br>Bruno Estigarribia<br>Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures<br>Research Assistant Professor of Psychology, Cognitive Science Program<br>Affiliate Faculty, Global Studies<br>University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br><br></div></blockquote></div>
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