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Are some languages better to learn first?
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yantai_scot
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07 February 2014 at 12:31am | IP Logged

Thanks everyone for all your input- it's been really interesting to hear all the
different aspects that helped propel you forward on a personal level.

Would anyone be able to point me to any studies about these 'bridge' languages?
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Serpent
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07 February 2014 at 8:57am | IP Logged

Hungringo wrote:

it goes without saying that for a Croatian person regardless of their profession looking for a job in Slovenia makes more sense than going to Spain or Russia or even the UK.

unless we're speaking of a footballer :-)

Edited by Serpent on 07 February 2014 at 8:57am
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yantai_scot
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14 February 2014 at 10:27pm | IP Logged

I finally found the idea I was searching for!

Asymmetric intelligibility e.g. where Dutch speakers find Afrikaans easier to understand
than the reverse because the simpler grammar of Afrikaans disadvantages comprehension in
the opposite direction.

Mutual_intelligibility

Apologies for my earlier garbled attempts at trying to explain what I mean.

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