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see also Annex 5.2

Basic Functions of Utterances by Speaker in CSs

	Adult to Child	Child to Adult
	as Percentage of Total	Ko. of Utterances
'Seek' or' Soliciffunction	67.9	22.2
'Give' function	32.1	77.8
Total	100.0	100.0

It la Important to keep in mind this difference, because the comparative
frequency of some functions may be misleading if considered in absolute
terms. For example, the number of clarification requests happens to be
the same for adults and children, and their percentage of the total
number of utterances is not so different; but if their percentage of the

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Main Functions of Utterances by Speaker			in CSs.
Function	Ad. Vo.	to Ch. %	Ch. Ho.	to Ad X	Total Ko. %
Exchange Information and Explanation	712	49.9	929	58.4	1641	54.4
Exchange Clarification	195	13.6	215	13.5	410	13.6
Exchange Acknowledgment	241	16.9	268	16.9	509	16.8
Give Comment	40	2.8	81	5.2	121	4.0
Solicit Action	240	16.8	95	6.0	335	11.1
Totals	1428	100.0	1588	100.0	3016	100.0