Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

i+1

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.97 in modern English

Syllables: i+1
IPA

1

Scrabble Score

1

Letters

1

Syllables

1

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Containing only a single word unknown to the listener or reader.

noun

The existence of only one word unknown to the reader or listener of a sentence.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Our SRS provides automatic i+1 sentence cards for optimal study."
"When enough comprehensible input is provided, i+1 is present."

Etymology

Ostensibly coined by Stephen Krashen in his Explorations in Language Acquisition and Use in 2003; but possibly earlier. Originally, referred to a subsequent word (the 1) added to an existing vocabulary of i words, i.e. the i+1th word learned by the learner.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does i+1 mean?: Containing only a single word unknown to the listener or reader.
Where does i+1 come from?: Ostensibly coined by Stephen Krashen in his Explorations in Language Acquisition and Use in 2003; but possibly earlier. Originally, referred to a subsequent word (the 1) added to an existing vocabulary of i words, i.e. the i+1th word learned by the learner.

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