Reading, writing ruminating.It is frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: to read of studies endeavoring to study brain activity as related to reading and thinking ("Read All about It: Kids take different neural paths to reach print mastery," SN: 4/30/05, p. 280). What the researchers are observing, in my opinion, is brain activity related to building a lexicon. Animals and children "think" without a lexicon. "Ethan" was intensely interested in symbols but not exceptional in relating those symbols to comprehension. We all experience having a thought without being able to recover the word that best fits it. RICHARD HAREM harem (hâr`əm) [Arabic], term applied to women's apartments in a Muslim household. In the ancient Arab world women enjoyed a certain amount of freedom. , MARFA, TEXAS Marfa is a city located in the high desert of far West Texas. The population was 2,121 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Presidio CountyGR6. Its ZIP code is 79843. Written English is only barely phonetic pho·net·ic adj. 1. Of or relating to phonetics. 2. Representing the sounds of speech with a set of distinct symbols, each designating a single sound. , as anybody who has tried to explain ought, though, and through to a child knows. I wonder what the results would have shown for a more strongly phonetic language, such as Spanish or maybe Korean, which is phonetic but not linear. IVAN MANN, HOOVER, ALA. |
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