Comments on: Language Cascades

By: Facebook Layouts

Facebook Layouts — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:58:07 +0000

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By: Francesca Maggi

Francesca Maggi — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:07:04 +0000

Well, also in Italian – Viene qui! Viene qua! One is a bit closer.
But, I would say that the right here is an excellent explanation. In truth, it’s the same effect as when your mother calls you by your full name…

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By: Nathan Cain - MandarinMnemonics.com

Nathan Cain - MandarinMnemonics.com — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:33:58 +0000

More on topic: I think that is why mnemonics work well. They could be considered a simulated cascade.

By: Nathan Cain - MandarinMnemonics.com

Nathan Cain - MandarinMnemonics.com — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:01:43 +0000

I know that his wasn’t the main point of your post, but I wanted to say that all mothers I have ever heard say “Ven…” have always followed it with “…acá!”, never aquí. I have lived in Ecuador for a year and I have associated with Mexicans and El Salvadorians for 6 years.

My point is that I don’t think that mother misspoke out of frustration, I think that is what they all say.

P.S. – I can’t get a definitive answer on the difference between the two words either.

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:15:16 +0000

I tried many times to learn foreign languages but give up after some attempts.

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By: ques2008

ques2008 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:02:37 +0000

Hello,
I read your Nov 2009 post about aqui and aca – that was interesting.
Read your profile and nice to know that a fellow Canadian has this valuable knowledge about languages and multicultural issues. I, too am from Asia!
If you have the time or the inclination, you can visit my blog at http://www.francais-anglais.blogspot.com where I build lexicons used in various fields of endeavour.
Keep up the good work. I’m glad I stumbled on your blog!

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By: Jay Miller

Jay Miller — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:30:04 +0000

Cascades are most often used by children shows I believe, for the toddlers to pick up more complex English language skills. However, Dora the Explorer also teaches some Spanish alongside the traditional English and this allows the viewers to accept cascades. I.E. Arthur the Aardvark at the spelling be is an infamous Canadian cascade from a kid’s show.

My conclusion is that scripting material for a blog post could work around a cascade, even an essay could introduce cascades, or a straight up blog post about a story, such as this, and now I have accepted the cascade for asá.

By: edwin

edwin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:35:41 +0000

NB,
It is funny. I remember listening to a short episode of Korean 101 podcast a while ago, which taught exactly the same phrase “this one, please”, and also “that one, please”. Of course, I have forgotten how to say them already.