# talk (spoken)

to say something using sound that is heard by others

- Computed level: L9 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: language  ·  Arena: dictionary

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [sound](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sound.auditory), [interaction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-interaction.process), [others](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-others.distinct-entities), [heard](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-heard.auditory), [says](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-says.speech), [use](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-use.application)

**Through:** The produced sound is received by others through hearing, enabling a spoken message to be conveyed via controlled use of sound.

**Novel properties:**
- audible communication
- message transmission
- intentional speech act

## Examples
- In 2023, a hospital in Malmö recorded over 12,000 nurse-patient conversations using ceiling microphones. *(everyday life)*
- The Arecibo message of 1974 transmitted spoken-like binary patterns into space from Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory. *(computing)*
- During the 2020 U.S. presidential debates, 86 minutes of uninterrupted speech were exchanged between candidates in Cleveland. *(institutions)*

## Used by
- [chat](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-chat.digital) (L10)

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