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monkeypuzzle [What can or should be done in order to learn words?] 		language_learning [2012/09/08 20:24] (current)
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   - Words tend to acquire different meanings that are somehow synonymous in the native speaker's mind, even though the relationship between these meanings isn't clear for non-natives.   - Words tend to acquire different meanings that are somehow synonymous in the native speaker's mind, even though the relationship between these meanings isn't clear for non-natives.
   - Every single word is a world of its own.   - Every single word is a world of its own.
-  - Learning words amounts to learn an extremely vast array of topics.+  - Learning words amounts to learning an extremely vast array of topics.
   - Slang.   - Slang.
   - Inflection makes words unrecognizable.   - Inflection makes words unrecognizable.
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 I want to know how you say "plough" in your language, even if I haven't even seen a plough in my life, in any language. I want to know, because knowing what the word for "plough" is, how it declines, where it comes from and what its phonetical structure is, tells me something about your language, and about you, native speaker of the language. I want to know how you say "plough" in your language, even if I haven't even seen a plough in my life, in any language. I want to know, because knowing what the word for "plough" is, how it declines, where it comes from and what its phonetical structure is, tells me something about your language, and about you, native speaker of the language.
  
-Love has something to do with learning words. You won't recognize the words the few first time it crosses your sight. They will seem awkward at first. How come such an ugly word means something so beautiful? How come such an insipid word has such a lively meaning? How come...? But words will grow in you, to the point you can't conceive other way in which the meaning, that particular shade of meaning, can be expressed.+==== Words I don't know are ugly, words I know are beautiful ==== 
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 +Repetition is good for learning words. You can call it the [[wp>mere exposure effect]].
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