Most people can draw from tens of thousands of words in their memory within milliseconds. Studying this process can improve language disorder treatment and appreciation of the gift of communication.
  • LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org
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    7 months ago

    Neat article! When I was young, one of the schools I attended had a unique approach to punishment - you’d spend lunch and recess copying a page out of the OED letter for letter. No idea how many I ended up copying, but I was precocious. I wonder how many words my mental dictionary contains.

  • Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.org
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    7 months ago

    Interesting choice to omit “idiolect” as a replacement on any subsequent references to “mental dictionary.”