Hi Guys,<br><br>I have a quick question. I'm wondering if anyone can point me towards studies which have looked at any one or combination of the average number of words that a person:<br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">
<ul><li>hears</li><li>sees</li><li>reads</li><li>speaks</li></ul></div>on a daily basis.<br><br>I'm generally interested in the overall word daily <i>exposure</i> (I don't care if the words have been processed, just picked up by the relevant auditory / visual cortices ), though if there are studies that focus on processed words that's fine.<br>
<br>The main "sources" I've found are via: <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2006/09/24/sex_on_the_brain/" target="_blank">http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2006/09/24/sex_on_the_brain/</a><br>
which focus on words spoken. And as that article notes (and I've
confirmed for the studies I've been able to track down), almost none of
those "sources" actually cite or indicate how the word count was
derived.<br><br>This question is motivated by the BNC's 100 million word corpus. How many months / years of word exposure is that for your "average" North American(?) adult?<br><br>Thank you kindly,<br>Ali Hashemi<br clear="all">
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