囧研究：脏话频出的人词汇量更大英文更牛
<p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="rethink">rethink</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="long">long</span>-<span word="held">held</span> <span word="belief">belief</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="foul">foul</span> <span word="mouths">mouths</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="smaller">smaller</span> <span word="lexicons">lexicons</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="fact">fact</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="found">found</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="drops">drops</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="actually">actually</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="correlated">correlated</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="greater">greater</span> <span word="overall">overall</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="fluency">fluency</span>.</p><p>一直以来人们都认为满嘴脏话的人词汇量较小，现在该重新思量思量这句话了。事实上，一项研究发现，人们口吐脏话的词频或许就与其语言整体的流利度更高相关联。</p><p><span word="Taking">Taking</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="opposite">opposite</span> <span word="approach">approach</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="view">view</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="dirty">dirty</span> <span word="words">words</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="they">they</span>'<span word="re">re</span> <span word="linguistically">linguistically</span> <span word="challenged">challenged</span>, <span word="psychologists">psychologists</span> <span word="Kristin">Kristin</span> <span word="Jay">Jay</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Timothy">Timothy</span> <span word="Jay">Jay</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Marist">Marist</span> <span word="College">College</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</span> <span word="College">College</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Liberal">Liberal</span> <span word="Arts">Arts</span> <span word="hypothesized">hypothesized</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="fluent">fluent</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="four">four</span>-<span word="letter">letter</span> <span word="words">words</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sign">sign</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="skills">skills</span>.</p><p>都认为说脏话是因为词穷、语言水平差，来自玛利斯特学院和马萨诸塞文科学院的心理学家克里斯廷·杰和提姆斯·杰却剑走偏锋，他们假设认为口吐脏字儿或许就标志着其语言技能更好。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="recruited">recruited</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="participants">participants</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ages">ages</span> <span word="of">of</span> 18 <span word="and">and</span> 22, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fun">fun</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="experiment">experiment</span>: <span word="First">First</span>, <span word="say">say</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="swear">swear</span> <span word="words">words</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="minute">minute</span>, <span word="followed">followed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="another">another</span> 60 <span word="seconds">seconds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="listing">listing</span> <span word="animal">animal</span> <span word="names">names</span>.</p><p>研究人员召集了18至22岁的参与者来做一项有趣的小实验。先是一分钟内能想到几句骂人的话就说几句，接下来的60秒里列举各种动物名称。</p>
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