The bootstrapping effect here is fascinating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocabulary_development …pic.twitter.com/pDP1W0GdS9
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Reading and more diverse sources of conversation seems to be the conventional explanation.
What I'd like to know is how important is the effect of having an increased "surface area" for learning: the more words you know, the
easier it is to learn new words.
My guess, closely watching two boys of 4 and 7, is less than you'd think.
What words they can learn seems to depend more on what ideas they can understand.
I could for example teach the 7 yo the word "equilibrium," but I doubt I could teach it to the 4 yo as more than phonemes.
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