The Emergence Machine

Say

process · linguistics · Level 13 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

When speech is directed towards conveying meaning, information, or feeling, it becomes saying, as the vocalizations and nonverbal cues of speech are used to express and communicate with others, relying on the propagation of sound through a medium to reach the intended audience.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “say” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “say”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
say
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL13L12L11L10L6L2L1L0SaySpeechProductionPrincipalCommunicationCooperationGroupSound… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeProcessActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesSayL13SoundL6SpeechL12E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • say English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Sound L6 (requires)
    Saying produces sound
  • Speech L12 (requires)
    Saying is an act of speech