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Preliminary Recommendations

Spoken typology

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Communicative Situation
face to face+++++++++
telephone++++++++
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTSA+++
monologue++++++
dialogue+++++++
GENRE MONOLOGUE
lecture+++++++
commentary++++++++
speech++++++
sermon++++
demonstration++++
narration+++
GENRE DIALOGUE
conversation+++++++++
interview++++++++
discussion/debate++++++
consultation+++
proceedings+++
chat shows+++
meeting/gathering+++
SETTINGA
education++++++
commerce/business++++
radio++++++++
tv++++++
political and social organs.+++
private/personal+++++
work+
institutional+++
SPONTANEITY++
scriptedA+++
unscripted/preplanned+A++++
spontaneous/unprepared+++A+++++
TOPIC++A+A+++?+
STYLE
distance+++A+
specialised/lay(technicality)++
PARTICIPANT DETAILS
sex+?+++?++
age+?++?++
ethnic group?+AA
region+?+++?++

In the above table, A means administrative data rather than text type.

  1. Svartik et al
  2. de Vriendt de Man
  3. de Jong
  4. Altenberg
  5. Birmingham Collection of English Texts Spoken
  6. Feldweg
  7. Collins et al
  8. Crowdy demographic
  9. Crowdy context governed
  10. Martin et al
  11. Atkins et al
  12. Biber
  13. Malaga
  14. Bank of English
  15. British National Corpus
  16. Survey of English



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