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- adj. Describes a person who shows hyperlexia
Examples
“Some hyperlexic children learn to spell long words before they are two and learn to read whole sentences before they turn three.”
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“Often, hyperlexic children will have a precocious ability to read but will learn to speak only by Rote Learning and heavy repetition, and may also have difficulty learning the rules of language from examples or from trial and error, which may result in social problems.”
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“It would be very cool if I had found another adult hyperlexic --- you see a lot of mommy blogs about child hyperlexics, but nothing about the experiences of adults.”
“Some hyperlexic children learn to spell long words (such as elephant) before they are two and learn to read whole sentences before they turn three.”
“Despite hyperlexic children's precocious reading ability, they may struggle to communicate.”
“Often, hyperlexic children will have a precocious ability to read but will learn to speak only by rote and heavy repetition, and may also have difficulty learning the rules of language from examples or from trial and error, which may result in social problems.”
“Despite hyperlexic children’s precocious reading ability, they may struggle to communicate.”
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“By the way, reading a lot doesn’t mean you are hyperlexic.”
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Ultrapow
A mighty myriad of Mister Mxyzptlk manifestation. This list leans towards one-word superpowers and occasionally the ridiculous.
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mollusque When I started first grade I was hyperlexic, having learned to read at my mother's knee. "Sound out the words," she would say, and in the face of English's myriad phonetic inconsistencies, that is still my policy.
--Roy Blount Jr., 2008, Alphabet Juice, p. 85 Jan 3, 2009