James Thompson (June 2013)
Some quotes:
"As a rough guide, teenagers have about 12,000 words and college students 17,000. Older adults have 17,000 to 21,000 words, and a minority have many more. Some conceited person referred to 20,000 words as being “the incoherence boundary”. I eschew such contemptuous judgements."
"intelligence ranges from 0 to 45,000 words (the real upper limit if one avoids technical jargon)"
"Knowledge of the 3000 most frequent words in the English language will probably result in your understanding 95% of what is said to you, and knowledge of 5000 “word families” (the main word and its variants, like quick: quickly, quicker, quickest) should mean that you would be able to understand 99.9%. "
"much of good thinking depends on a powerful vocabulary."
"Knowledge of the 3000 most frequent words in the English language will probably result in your understanding 95% of what is said to you, and knowledge of 5000 “word families” (the main word and its variants, like quick: quickly, quicker, quickest) should mean that you would be able to understand 99.9%. "
"much of good thinking depends on a powerful vocabulary."
[See also: test your vocabulary (part 1) & test your vocabulary (part 2) & Bias in Mental Testing p. 145-147]
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