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Column В - COMTEXT - CTX -

The purpose of this variable is to describe the position of the
utterance in relation to the turn of the speaker.

1 = Isolated Utterance: the turn of the speaker consists of just 1
utterance.

2 = The utterance is part of a larger turn; in the turn there is another
utterance, preceeding or following, which provides explanation,
elaboration or comment, as in:

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5 = The utterance is part of a turn, but the other utterances are not

explanations, elaborations or comments.

Column C - DYJAMIC OF IMTERACTIOM - DYM -

This variable describes the position of the utterance in relation to the
others, and the column will be read vertically (adapted from Mishler,1978;
se definitions page 105).

11= Request Move, utterance initiating a Unit and a Conversation.

This is the utterance that marks the beginning of a conversation.

1 = Request Move, utterance initiating a Unit.

This utterance marks the switch in dominance, at a certain point
during the conversation. Previous value in the same variable is
always an (8).

2 = Request Move, utterance is a request or statement but does not
initiate a unit, as in the following example:

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