Pleasure of learning new words

Sunday, October 26, 2014 - 03:31 in Psychology & Sociology

From our very first years, we are intrinsically motivated to learn new words and their meanings. First language acquisition occurs within a permanent emotional interaction between parents and children. However, the exact mechanism behind the human drive to acquire communicative linguistic skills is yet to be established.

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