[Corpora-List] Average Daily Word Exposure

[Ali SH]

Hi Alexander,

I agree with the contextually and literacy factors. Which is why I focus on
the "average" North American adult. Note as well, I'm only looking at words
*exposed*. One can certainly refine that into processed words, but I'm
thinking all the words that a person is literally exposed. You are walking
down the street, all the signs, ads , billboards you see. You are in busy
street, all the words that you can hear etc.

And I suspect that over a population, the distribution of word exposure
tends to a Gaussian.

Anyhow, thanks for the link.

Best,
Ali

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Alexander Clark <alexsclark at gmail.com>wrote:

> The answer is that it differs widely according to various factors
> including social class.
> Particularly the amount that people read since many people are illiterate.
>
> One place to start is "
>
> Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American
> Children by Risley and Hart.
>
> Alex
>
> On 17 August 2010 15:32, Ali SH <asaegyn+out at gmail.com<asaegyn%2Bout at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > 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:
> >
> > hears
> > sees
> > reads
> > speaks
> >
> > on a daily basis.
> >
> > I'm generally interested in the overall word daily exposure (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.
> >
> > The main "sources" I've found are via:
> http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2006/09/24/sex_on_the_brain/
> > 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.
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > Thank you kindly,
> > Ali Hashemi
> >
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