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For questions about the psychology and neuroscience of the production and perception of oral and written language.

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What is the name of the "Things are more visible once you learn about them" phenomenon?

The scenario you describe is sometimes called the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon. Baader-Meinhof is the phenomenon where one stumbles upon some obscure piece of information—often an unfamiliar word o …
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What if people understand or interpret words differently in their mind?

One concept that comes to mind from linguistics and philosophy of language is indexicality. ... an indexical behavior or utterance points to (or indicates) some state of affairs. … A formal statement not of what the language means in relation to any context, but of what the language-user means in relation to some particular context, requires a description of the context or …
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