[Corpora-List] Average Daily Word Exposure

[Marc Brysbaert]

Apologies: 1.4 billion, of course, is only 14 times 100 million (the  
size of BNC). The calculation for the first time also appeared in  
Keuleers, Brysbaert, & New (BRM, in press), where we present the Dutch  
SUBTLEX frequencies. I seem to have been too much in a hurry the last  
time. Best, marc


Quoting "Marc Brysbaert" <marc.brysbaert at ugent.be>:

> Ali,
>
> in Brysbaert & Cortese 5QJEP, in press) I estimate the maximim to be  
> 1.4 billion for a 20-year old participant (i.e. the BNC times 140),  
> being
>
> 20 (years)
> * 365.25 (days)
> * 16 (waking hours per day)
> * 60 (mins)
> * 200 (words per min)
>
> Best, marc
>
> Quoting "Ali SH" <asaegyn+out at gmail.com>:
>
>> 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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>>
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>>
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