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I wonder what it means to "know" a word. If I know that progesterone is some kind of a hormone, but I have no idea what it does, do I know this word?
by AndriyKunitsyn 5y ago
I wonder what it means to "know" a word.
If I know that progesterone is some kind of a hormone, but I have no idea what it does, do I know this word?
- raydev 5y agoThere are several words in this chart that I cannot associate with anything, nor recall having seen them before. At least personally, I would say I know a word by knowing under what context it can be used, and I don't even have that.
- otatoppot 5y agoThe test subjects were presented the "real" words with fake words mixed in, like "stoinka" or "gomuti" or "alsike". So to "recognize" a word simply meant, did the test subject says "yes, this is a word used by English speakers", and not "yes, I could define it or give an example of the word's usage in a correct context".