![]() ![]() Some are born while others “become obsolete and forgotten” (Wittgenstein, 2009, op. Languages come into and go into existence. His philosophy became greatly influential and constituted the beginning of Speech Act Theory. ![]() Austin, a British philosopher of language, explored during his Harvard lectures in 1995. It seems clear that with words we do not only describe the world and refer to things, but we transform reality. Others are kept as literature treasures, like those found in Shakespeare or Gabriel García Márquez. What do we do with these words? Some are historically memorable, like those of US president Ronald Regan during a speech in West Berlin in 1987: “Mr. ![]() And this is without adding the number of text messages, tweets, and other written posts that are part of our habits. One thing is certainly true: the number of spoken words we use is not trivial. Of course, culture, sample size, and sociodemographic variables influence the answer. Some have argued that the average is around 16,000 words, while more modest researchers refer to 5,000. The average number of words we speak on a daily basis remains a contested matter. ![]()
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