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This is fascinating. By teaching our kids to use our culture's color words, we are training them in a specific classification skill, so that when they see a co

This is fascinating. By teaching our kids to use our culture's color words, we are training them in a specific classification skill, so that when they see a color, the name of its class comes to mind.

Evbn 14y ago
Same thing with the sounds used in spoken language, which varies between groups of people.
- dgreensp 14y ago
  Good point, ability to distinguish certain vowel or consonant sounds is just the same way.