How arbitrary is language? English words structured to help kids learn

13 agosto 2014

Words in the English language are structured to help children learn, according to research. Words like «woof» accurately represent the sound of a dog while sounds with similar meanings may have a similar structure, such as the «sl» sound at the beginning of a word often has negative properties as in «slime, slur, slum, slug.»
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