fun things kids say as first class attention grabbers

[Silva-corvalan, Carmen: USC]

Hi Bruno:
 
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 
http://www.cambridge.org/us/search?iFeelLucky=false&currentTheme=Academic_v1&query=Carmen+Silva-Corval%C3%A1n)

From: *Bilingual Language Acquisition: Spanish and English in the first six 
years*.

The examples illustrate different phenomena. Do email me if you have 
questions. Apologies for the layout. This is my first message to the list.

 

 (66) G: What’s on your mind now?

            N: Which mind?  (2;10.22)

            G: What are you trying to get?

                 

                   (148)  [N doesn’t want to tell a story]

                   N: Porque estoy muy *cansado*-masc para un cuento. Tengo 
la voz, *la*-fem* boca*-fem* cansada*-fem.  (3;9)

     ‘Because I’m very *tired* for a story. I have my voice, my *mouth tired
*.’ 

 

(151) N: Bibi, *cómbete* con tu cepillo.  (2;7.25)  [from *comb*, instead 
of *péinate*]

              ‘Bibi, *comb-yourself* with your brush.’

 

(160) B: La Navidad está ahora *over*.  (2;10)  [from ‘to be over’, *
terminar* in Spanish]

               ‘Christmas is now *over*’

 

(172) N: Prende el agua, papi.  (1;10.22)

            ‘Turn on the water, daddy.’

 

(187) C: Había una vez dos niños-

               B: No, Bibi, no dos niños, un niño y una niña.  (2;6.11)

 

(178) *Paraphrasis and metaphor*. Bren and I are playing with legos.  (B, 
4;5)

                        B: ¿Sabes, Bibi, ese camión verde?

                                    ‘You know, Bibi, that green truck?’

                        C: ¿De la basura?

                                    ‘For trash?’

                        B: El camión verde que lleva soldados.  [that is, *un 
tanque* ‘a tank’]

                                    ‘The green truck that carries soldiers.’

                        C: ¡Ah, el tanque!

                                    ‘Ah! The tank!

                        B: Sí, el tanque. 

                                    ‘Yes, the tank.’

                        B: Le cortaron la trompa a ese camión verde.  [*
trompa* ‘trunk’ for ‘cannon’]

                                    ‘They cut the trunk of that green 
truck.’

                        C: La trompa; *you mean* ‘el cañón del tanque’?

                                    ‘The trunk; you mean ‘the cannon of the 
tank’?’

                        B: Sí; el cañón por donde tiran esa bola, ese *cannon 
ball*.

                                    ‘Yes; the cannon from where they throw 
that ball, that cannon ball.’

 

 

 

On Tuesday, August 20, 2013 7:44:00 PM UTC-7, Bruno wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> 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.
> I was wondering if somebody can share examples that can be used this way 
> or if people have some favorite ones they use.
> Thanks all.
>
> Bruno
> Bruno Estigarribia
> Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department of Romance Languages and 
> Literatures
> Research Assistant Professor of Psychology, Cognitive Science Program
> Affiliate Faculty, Global Studies
> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
>
>

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