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Knoester Licia
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Meertaligheid helpt je om op meerdere manieren naar de werkelijkheid te kijken:
For instance, (…) multilinguals point out that, in Spanish, attention is something that you ‘lend’, because you kind of want it back. In French, you ‘make’ it, because it is not there if you don’t. In English, you ‘pay’ it, because it’s valuable. And in German, you ‘gift’ it, because it is really a present. (p.53)
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For instance, (…) multilinguals point out that, in Spanish, attention is something that you ‘lend’, because you kind of want it back. In French, you ‘make’ it, because it is not there if you don’t. In English, you ‘pay’ it, because it’s valuable. And in German, you ‘gift’ it, because it is really a present. (p.53)
