i+1
nounEtymology 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.
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences The existence of only one word unknown to the reader or listener of a sentence.
- When enough comprehensible input is provided, i+1 is present.