THE LONDON-LUND CORPUS OF SPOKEN ENGLISH
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purposes solely of scientific linguistic research and must not be
distributed or reproduced, wholly or in part, for any other purpose.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEXTS
S.1 - S.3 35 texts, c. 175,000 words. Spontaneous, surreptitiously
recorded conversations between intimates and distants.
S.1-2: Conversations between equals
S.3: Conversations between disparates
S.4 7 texts, c. 35,000 words. Conversations between
intimates and equals. These texts are either wholly
non-surreptitious or composite, i.e. individual
speakers can be marked for surreptitiousness.
S.5 13 texts, c. 65,000 words.
S.5.1-7: Non-surreptitious public conversations
between equals (radio discussions)
S.5.8-11: Non-surreptitious private conversations
between equals
S.5.12: Committee meeting
S.5.13: Academic meeting
S.6 9 texts, c. 45,000 words. Non-surreptitious conversations
between disparates. All texts except S.6.2 are
interviews or conversations.
S.7 3 texts, c. 15,000 words. Surreptitious telephone
conversations between personal friends.
S.8 4 texts, c. 20,000 words. Surreptitious telephone
conversations between business associates.
S.9 5 texts, c. 25,000 words. Surreptitious telephone
conversations between disparates.
S.9.1: Telephone conversations
S.9.2: Telephone conversations
S.9.3: Ansaphone recordings of 63 males and
females, mostly academics and secretaries
S.9.4: Radio phone-in
S.9.5: Dictaphone
S.10 11 texts, c. 55,000 words. Spontaneous commentary
S.10.1-4: Sport
S.10.1: Cricket
S.10.2: Football
S.10.3: Boxing
S.10.4: Horse racing
S.10.5: State funeral
S.10.6a: Radio commentary on royal wedding
S.10.6b: Radio commentary on royal wedding
S.10.7a: Radio commentary on the launching
of a submarine
S.10.7b: Radio commentary on state visit
S.10.7c: Commentary on physics
demonstration
S.10.8a: Wild life
S.10.8b: Physics demonstration
S.10.9a: Physics demonstration (from video tape)
S.10.9b: Biology demonstration
S.10.10: Tennis
S.10.11: Cookery demonstration
S.11 6 texts, c. 30,000 words. Spontaneous oration
S.11.1: Legal cross-examination
S.11.2: Dinner speech
S.11.3: Radio: 'My word'
S.11.4-5: Recordings in the House of Commons
S.11.6: House of Lords debate
S.12 7 texts, c. 35,000 words. Prepared but unscripted
oration.
S.12.1: Sermons
S.12.2: University lectures
S.12.3-4: Cases in court
S.12.5: Political speech
S.12.6: Popular lecture
S.12.7: Foundation oration
TOTAL: 100 texts, c. 500,000 words
Note on text categories S.1 - S.3 (available on magnetic tape or diskette)
These specimens of conversation (printed in section 5 of
J. Svartvik & R. Quirk(eds.) A Corpus of English Conver-
sation, Lund Studies in English 56, Lund: Gleerups/Liber,
1980) are intended to represent spontaneous conversation
among educated British speakers.
The speakers are British (with one exception in S.2.5)
and educated to university level. The recordings were
made without the prior knowledge of the main participants,
and to prevent the possibility of identification, the
names used in the transcriptions are fictitious but
prosodically equivalent to the originals. In cases where
one or more participants had knowledge of the recording
(and had the task of keeping the conversation going),
such non-surreptitious speakers have been specially
designated by lower case letters (eg a,b). Their con-
tributions to the conversation have not been included
in the total 5,000 words of each text, nor have their
utterances, as a rule, been prosodically analysed. For
the symbols used to describe speaker identities, see
p 21 of the book. In view of the fact that the recordings
were made surreptitiously, the audio tapes cannot be
made available.
Note on text categories S.4 - S.12 (available on magnetic computer
tape or diskette)
Words uttered by non-surreptitious speakers in categories
4-12 have been analysed and included in the word count of
c. 5,000 words for each text, with the exception of S.7.1
where non-surreptitious speakers have not been analysed,
nor have they been included in the word count. In S.9.2a
one speaker is non-native and has not been analysed.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Text number Speakers
Year of When speaker identity symbol differs from
recording the original SEU version, the latter is
given in brackets.
S.1.1 A male academic, age c. 44
(1964) B male academic, age c. 60
S.1.2:
S.1.2 A male academic, age c. 43
(1963) B male academic, age c. 42
S.1.2a A male academic, age c. 45
(1965) B male academic, age 41
CAL telephone caller
S.1.2b A male academic, age 45
(1965) B male academic, age 36
S.1.3 A female undergraduate, age c. 36
(1965) b (B) female undergraduate, age c. 30
c (C) male undergraduate, age c. 36
S.1.4 A male academic, age c. 48
(1969) B male academic, age c. 48
S.1.5 A female secretary, age c. 21
(1967) B female academic, age c. 25
C female secretary, age c. 35
D female secretary, age c. 21
S.1.6 A female academic, age 45
(1964) B male academic, age 28
S.1.7 a (NS) male academic, age 30-40
(1972) A male primary school
teacher, age c. 30
B male secondary school
teacher, age c. 30
S.1.8 A female academic, age c. 55
(1969) B female academic, age c. 50
C female academic, age c. 23
S.1.9 a (NS) male academic, age c. 40
(1966) A female academic, age c. 30
B male academic, age c. 40
C male academic, age c. 55
S.1.10 A female lecturer, age c. 52
(1975) b (NSB) female academic, age c. 40
c (NSC) male businessman, age c. 52
S.1.11:
S.1.11a A female housewife, age 60
(1975) (mother of c, future
mother-in-law of B)
B male computer specialist,
age c. 30
c (NSC) female research worker,
age c. 20
S.1.11b same speakers as in S.1.11a
(1975)
S.1.12 a (NSA) female academic, age c. 49
(1975) B female housewife, age c. 50
c (NSC) male businessman, age c. 50
D male research chemist, age c. 51
S.1.13 a (NSA) male businessman, age c. 50
(1975) B female housewife, age c. 60
(wife of C)
C male retired charity commissioner,
age c. 61
S.1.14:
S.1.14a A male academic, age 60
(1976) b (NSB) male businessman, age c. 52
c (NSC) female academic, age c. 40
S.1.14b same speakers as in S.1.14a
(1976)
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S.2.1:
S.2.1 a (A) male academic, age c. 43
(1963) B male academic, age c. 34
S.2.1a a (A) male academic, age c. 33
(1953) B male academic, age c. 25
S.2.1b a (A) male academic, age c. 33
(1953) B male academic, age c. 25
S.2.2:
S.2.2a a (NS) male academic, age c. 48
(1969) A (S) male stockbroker, age c. 35
S.2.2b a (NS) male academic, age c. 40
(1969) A (S) male company employee, age c. 46
S.2.3 a (NS) female academic, age c. 40
(1974) A male legal civil servant,
age 38-40
B male architect, age 43-45
S.2.4:
S.2.4a A (SA) male academic, age c. 35
(1970) B (SB) male academic, age c. 30
c (NSC) female housewife, age c. 30
d (NSD) male academic, age c. 35
(husband of c)
S.2.4b same speakers as in S.2.4a
(1970)
S.2.5:
S.2.5a A male academic, age c. 26
(1974) B female academic, age c. 48
C female academic, age c. 62
a (NS) American male academic, age c. 40
S.2.5b same speakers as in S.2.5a
(1974)
S.2.6 a (NS) male academic, age c. 55
(1974) A male academic, age c. 50
B male academic, age c. 50
C male academic, age 50-55
S.2.7 a (NSA) male academic, age c. 20
(1975) b (NSB) female teacher, age c. 20
(wife of a)
C female studio manager, age 20
S.2.8:
S.2.8a A (SA) male civil engineer, age 34
(1975) B (SB) male civil engineer, age 38
f (NSF) female academic, age 49
m (NSM) male businessman, age 50
S.2.8b a (NS) same speaker as m in S.2.8a
(1975) A (SA) same speaker as A in S.2.8a
B (SB) same spekar as B in S.2.8a
C (SC) same speaker as f in S.2.8a
S.2.9 a (NS) male academic, age c. 27
(1974) A male doctor, age c. 29
B female secondary school
teacher, age c. 27
S.2.10 A male merchant banker, age c. 30
(1975) B female housewife, age c. 30
(wife of A)
c (NSC) male computer specialist, age c. 30
C same speaker as c, but in the last
part of the text he is no longer
aware of being recorded and is
called C (from TU 1113 on)
d (NSD) female research worker, age c. 25
S.2.11:
S.2.11a A male computer specialist, age c. 30
(1975) b (NSB) female research worker, age c. 25
S.2.11b A female employee, age c. 20
(1975) B male employee, age c. 20
c (NSC) same speaker as A in S.2.11a
d (NSD) same speaker as b in S.2.11a
S.2.12 a (NS) female EFL teacher, age c. 25
(1975) A female medical nurse, age 23
S.2.13 A male social worker, age late 20s
(1976) B female social worker, age late 20s
c (C) male computer specialist, age 31
d (D) female research assistant, age 28
S.2.14 A female science graduate, secretary,
(1976) age 52
b (NSB) male businessman, age c. 50
C female research assistant and
EFL author, age c. 50
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S.3.1:
S.3.1a a (NS) male academic, age c. 40
(1970) A (SA) female prospective undergraduate,
age c. 20
B (SB) male academic, age c. 40
S.3.1b a (NS) same speaker as in S.3.1a
(1970) A (SA) female prospective undergraduate,
age c. 20
B (SB) same speaker as in S.3.1a
S.3.1c a (NS) same speaker as in S.3.1a
(1970) A (SA) female prospective undergraduate,
age c. 20
B (SB) same speaker as in S.3.1a
S.3.2:
S.3.2a A male academic, age c. 52
(1973) B female ex-research assistant, age c. 30
S.3.2b A male academic (former employer), age 54
(1974) B male academic (former employee), age c. 28
S.3.2c A male academic, age c. 50
(1975) B female academic, age c. 30
S.3.3 A male administrator, age c. 55
(1971) B (BM) male undergraduate, age c. 20
C (CF) female undergraduate, age c. 20
D (DM) male undergraduate, age c. 20
E (EF) female undergraduate, age c. 20
F (GM) male undergraduate, age c. 20
S.3.4 A male administrator, age c. 55
(1975) B male academic, age 45-60
C male academic, age 45-60
D male academic, age 45-60
E male academic, age 45-60
F male academic, age 45-60
S.3.5:
S.3.5a a (NS) male academic, age c. 40
(1961) A male prospective undergraduate, age c. 18
B male academic, age c. 40
S.3.5b a (NS) same speaker as in S.3.5a
(1961) A male prospective undergraduate, age c. 18
B same speaker as in S.3.5a
S.3.6 a (NS) male academic, age c. 50
(1974) A male academic, age c. 50
B male academic, age c. 30
C male academic, age c. 50
D male academic, age c. 50
E male academic, age c. 48
F female academic, age c. 55
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S.3.7. A male architect, age c. 35
(1984) B male client, age 40
c female client, age 36
S.4.1 a (A) male undergraduate, age 25
(1969) b (B) female housewife and teacher, age 24
(married to a)
S.4.2 a (A) female academic, age c. 40
(1971) b (B) male solicitor, age c. 40
S.4.3 A female housewife, age c. 35
(1972) B female housewife, age c. 30
c (C) male academic, age c. 32
(husband of B)
D male academic, age c. 35
(husband of A)
S.4.4 A male retired Indian Civil Servant,
(1975) age c. 70
b (NSB) female EFL teacher, age c. 25
c (NSC) male computer specialist, age early 30s
(husband of b)
D male teacher, age 28
S.4.5 a (A) male postgraduate, age 25
(1976) b (B) female hospital management student, age 19
c (C) female research worker, age c. 65
S.4.6:
S.4.6a a (A) male postgraduate, age late 20s
(1976) B female language researcher, age late 40s
c (C) male research assistant, age late 20s
d (D) female secretary, age 22
S.4.6b A female librarian, age mid 20s
(1976) B female teacher, age mid 20s
C male computer specialist, age c. 28
d (D) female research worker, age c. 26
(wife of C)
e (E) male computer specialist, age c. 30
S.4.7 a (A) female actress, age 20
(1976) b (B) female research assistant, age c. 65
c (C) male graphic artist, age 28 (husband
of a, son of b)
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S.5.1 f (F) male professional broadcaster, age 70
(1959) h (H) male novelist, age 53
m (M) male MP, age 39
jl (JL) male MP, age 40
tl (TL) male educationist, age 53
S.5.2 f (F) male educationist, age 48
(1958) d (D) male academic, age 46
g (G) male academic, age 45
k (K) male academic, age 49
m (M) male baronet and author, age 39
S.5.3 n (N) male MP, age 44
(1961) w (W) male academic, age 32
l (L) male journalist, age mid 30s
S.5.4 f (F) male professional broadcaster, age 69
(1958) h (H) female journalist, age c. 43
d (D) male author and journalist, age 52
c (C) male journalist, age 38
v (V) male lawyer, age 42
S.5.5 a (FG) male professional broadcaster, age 72
(1960) b (B) male politician, life Peer, age 60
c (CH) male MP, age 29
e (AWB) male MP, age 35
f (FB) male politician, age 45
speakers from the audience:
d (Mrs BS)
h (Mr RS)
g (Mrs D)
k (Mrs OP)
j (Mrs AB)
S.5.6 b (B) male banker and farmer, age 55
(1961) m (M) male author and astronomer, age 38
d (D) male
c (C) male compere
S.5.7 a (A) male journalist, age 41
(1970) b (B) male head of college, age c. 45
c (C) female academic, age c. 45
d (D) male academic, age c. 45
S.5.8 a (A) female postgraduate student, age c. 26
(1971) b (B) female postgraduate student, age c. 21
S.5.9 a (A) male academic, age c. 23
(1971) b (B) female secretary, age c. 22
S.5.10 a (A) male English teacher, age c. 29
(1971) b (B) male English language teacher, age c. 30
S.5.11:
S.5.11a a (A) male senior academic, age c. 50
(1976) B male senior academic, age c. 50
S.5.11b same speakers as in S.5.11a
(1976)
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S.5.12 a female teacher, age 30-40
(1985) b male conductor, age 30-40
c female academic, age 30-40
d male computer specialist, age 30-40
e female academic, age 30-40
f female administrator, age 30-40
g female TV producer, age 30-40
h male civil servant, age 30-40
S.5.13 a male academic, age 50
(1986) b male academic, age 60
c unknown
d male academic, age 42
e male academic, age 45
f male academic, age 38
g male academic, age 57
h female academic, age c. 60
j male academic, age 63
k male academic, age 54
l male academic, age 49
m male academic, age 62
n male academic, age c. 60
p male academic, age 54
q inaudible
S.6.1:
S.6.1a a (A) female professional broadcaster, age 25
(1966) b (B) female academic, age 25
S.6.1b same speakers as in S.6.1a
(1966)
S.6.1c a (A) same speaker as a in S.6.1a
(1966) b (B) male academic, age c. 40
S.6.2 a (A) male academic, age c. 40
(1961) b (B) female ex-student, age c. 24
S.6.3 a (A) male professional broadcaster, age 43
(1974) b (B) male Prime Minister, age 58
S.6.4:
S.6.4a b (B) male retired lawyer and man of affairs,
(1975) father, age 96
a (A) male radio producer, son, age 53
c (C) female, age 24
S.6.4b a (A) female research worker, age 47
(1975) b (B) female ex-editor, ex-nurse, age 80
S.6.5 j (J) female professional broadcaster, age c. 54
(1975) w (W) female counsellor, age c. 52
p (P) male counsellor, age c. 35
g (G) male graduate architect, counsellee, age 50
m (M) female counsellee, age c. 50 (wife of g)
S.6.6 a (A) female former nurse, age 87
(1974)
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S.6.7 a interviewer, age 54
(1971) b elder statesman, age 77
S.6.8 a female senior social worker, age c. 40
(1977) B female psychotherapist, age c. 50 (non-native,
not trancribed prosodically)
c male psychotheratrist, age c. 40
d female social worker, age c. 25
S.6.9:
S.6.9a a male librarian, age 30-40
(1985) b female librarian, age 20s
S.6.9b p male computer expert, age c. 50
(1987) q male academic, age c. 65
S.7.1:
S.7.1a A female telephone speaker
(1967) b (B) male university lecturer, age c. 40
C female research assistant, age late 20s
S.7.1b B female training college lecturer, age c. 40
(1961) c (C) male research assistant, age c. 35
S.7.1c A female university secretary, age 20s
(1961) b (B) female university secretary, age 20s
S.7.1d a (A) female university secretary, age 20s
(1961) B female university secretary, age 20s
S.7.1e a (A) male university lecturer, age c. 30
(c. 1965) B female graduate, c. 35
S.7.2
(1975):
S.7.2a A female researcher, age mid 40s
B male postgraduate, age late 20s
S.7.2b A female teacher, age 20s
B male research assistant, age late 20s
S.7.2c A female administrator, age 29
B female university secretary, age early 20s
S.7.2d A male researcher, age 60s
B female, age 60 (wife of A)
S.7.2e B male university lecturer, age 50s
A female, age c. 50 (wife of B)
S.7.2f A male computer specialist, age early 30s
B female researcher, age c. 25 (wife of A)
S.7.2g same speakers as in S.7.2b
S.7.2h A male teacher, age 36
B female researcher, age c. 25
S.7.2i A female university secretary, age early 20s
B female administrator, age 29
S.7.2j B female university lecturer, age c. 40
A male (friend of B)
S.7.2k A male university lecturer, age c. 40
B female university lecturer, age c. 40
S.7.2l A female administrator, age 29
B female university secretary, age early 20s
S.7.2m A female university secretary, age early 20s
B female administrator, age 29
S.7.2n A female administrator, age 29
B female university secretary, age early 20s
S.7.2o A telephonist
B female researcher, age mid 40s
C female language teacher
S.7.2p A female researcher, age c. 25
B male journalist, age 30
S.7.3
(1975):
S.7.3a A female university secretary, age early 20s
B female administrator, age 29
S.7.3b A female administrator, age 29
B female university secretary, age early 20s
S.7.3c A female university secretary, age early 20s
B female administrator, age 29
S.7.3d A male architect consultant, age 30
B female researcher, age c. 25
S.7.3e B female university secretary, age early 20s
A male, age c. 28 (friend of B)
S.7.3f A female researcher, age c. 25
B male journalist, age 30
S.7.3g A male postgraduate researcher, age late 20s
B female (wife of A)
S.7.3h A female
B female university secretary, age early 20s
(daughter of A)
S.7.3i A female
B female university secretary, age early 20s
(daughter of a)
S.7.3j A female university secretary, age early 20s
B female, age 22 (sister of A)
S.7.3k A male postgraduate researcher, age late 20s
B male college lecturer, age c. 30
S.7.3l A female researcher, c. 25
B male computer specialist, age 32
S.7.3m A female university secretary, age early 20s
B female administrator, age 29
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S.8.1
(1975):
S.8.1a A male broker
B female university lecturer, age c. 30
S.8.1b A male broker
B female university lecturer, age c. 30
S.8.1c A female secretary
B female university secretary, age 20s
C female secretary
S.8.1d A male estate agent
B female university lecturer, age c. 30
S.8.1e A sewing machine salesman
B female university researcher, age c. 25
S.8.1f A female university secretary, age 20s
B female senior secretary
S.8.1g A female telephonist
B female university secretary, age 20s
S.8.1h A female telephonist
B female university secretary, age 20s
C female secretary
S.8.1i A female clerk
B female university secretary, age 20s
S.8.1j A female university secretary, age 20s
B female speech therapist
S.8.1k A female secretary
B female university secretary, age 20s
S.8.1l A female telephonist
B female university secretary, age 20s
C female secretary
S.8.1m A female clerk
B female university secretary, age 20s
S.8.1n A female telephonist
B female university researcher, age c. 25
C male official
S.8.1o A female administrator
B female university secretary, age 20s
S.8.1p A female telephonist
B female university lecturer, age c. 30
C male estate agent
S.8.2
(1975):
S.8.2a A female telephonist
B female university lecturer, age c. 30
C male estate agent
S.8.2b A female clerk
B female university secretary, age 20s
C female clerk
S.8.2c A male enquirer
B female university secretary, age 20s
S.8.2d A female university secretary, age 20s
B female telephone enquiry clerk
S.8.2e A female telephonist
B female university secretary, age 20s
C female telephonist
D female secretary
S.8.2f A female secretary
B female university secretary, age 20s
S.8.2g A female telephonist
B female university lecturer, age c. 30
C male estate agent
S.8.2h A female secretary
B female university secretary, age 20s
S.8.3
(1975):
S.8.3a A female secretary
B female university secretary, age 20s
S.8.3b A female telephonist
B female university lecturer, age c. 30
C male mortgage consultant
S.8.3c A female secretary
B female university secretary, age 20s
S.8.3d A female university secretary, age 20s
B male caller
S.8.3e A female official
B female secretary
C male university researcher, age 60s
S.8.3f A male electrician
B male research assistant, age late 20s
S.8.3g A female personal assistant
B female university researcher, age 40s
S.8.3h A male house agent
B female secretary
C female academic
S.8.3i A female secretary
B female university researcher, age 40s
S.8.3j A female telephonist
B male publisher
C male academic, age 44
S.8.3k A female university secretary, age 20s
B female secretary
S.8.3l A same speaker as A in S.8.3k
B female official
S.8.3m A female secretary
B female university secretary, age 20s
S.8.4
(1975-6):
S.8.4a A female university researcher, age 40s
B male research assistant, age late 20s
S.8.4b A same speaker as A in S.8.4a
B same speaker as B in S.8.4a
S.8.4c A male academic
B male friend of A
S.8.4d A ?
B female university secretary, age 20s
S.8.4e A female university secretary, age 20s
B female university researcher, age 40s
S.8.4f A female secretary
B female (wife of B in S.8.4a)
S.8.4g A female university researcher, age 40s
B male university researcher, age 40s
S.8.4h A same speaker as A in S.8.4g
B male administrator, age 50s
S.8.4i A same speaker as A in S.8.4g
B female architect
S.8.4j A male academic, age 50s
B female publisher, age c. 60?
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S.9.1
(1975-6):
S.9.1a B male academic
C female university secretary, age 20s
S.9.1b A male university administrator, age 40s
B same speaker as C in S.9.1a
S.9.1c D same speaker as A in S.9.1b
B same speaker as C in S.9.1a,B in S.9.1b
S.9.1d A female university researcher, age c. 25
B female (mother of friend of A)
S.9.1e B female university secretary, age 20s
C male publisher
S.9.1f A male solicitor's clerk
B female university secretary
S.9.1g A student
B female university lecturer, age c. 30
S.9.1h A female university researcher, age 40s
B male publisher, age 30s?
S.9.1i A male publisher
B female university lecturer, age 40s
S.9.1j A female university secretary
B female university secretary
S.9.1k A male
B female university secretary, age 20s
S.9.1l A female producer
B female university lecturer, age 40s
S.9.1m A female (wife of C)
B female university secretary, age 20s
C male university lecturer, age 50s?
S.9.1n A female future student
B female university secretary
S.9.2
(1975):
S.9.2a A male university lecturer, age 50s
X (B) non-native speaker, not analysed
S.9.2b A female official
B female university secretary, age 20s
S.9.2c A female university secretary
B future student
S.9.2d A female office secretary
B male university researcher, age 60s
S.9.2e A male research assistant, age late 20s
b (B) female university secretary
C female university secretary
S.9.2f A female university lecturer, age c. 30
B male teacher
S.9.2g A same speaker as B in S.9.2f
B same speaker as A in S.9.2f
S.9.2h A female university secretary, age 20s
B male (friend of A?)
S.9.2i A female official
B female university secretary, age 20s
S.9.2j A female university secretary, age 20s
B female research student
S.9.2k A female official
B female university secretary, age 20s
S.9.2l A male academic, age 50s
B female university secretary, age 20s
C female publisher's secretary
D male publisher
S.9.3 Ansaphone recordings of 63 males and
(1975) females, mostly academics and secretaries
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S.9.4 a male presenter, age c. 50
(1985) b male financial advisor, age c. 25
c various participants
S.9.5 a female publisher, age 43
(1985) b male publisher, age 37
c female senior editor, age 30
d male publisher, age 36
S.10.1 a (A) male professional broadcaster, age 50
(1964) ra (RA) male professional broadcaster, age 63
w (W) male professional broadcaster, age 52
y (Y) male professional broadcaster, age 49
S.10.2 a (A) male professional broadcaster, age young
(1971) middle-aged
b (B) male professional broadcaster, age young
middle-aged
S.10.3 a (A) male professional sports broadcaster, age 38
(1960) b (B) male sports commentator, age 67
c (C) male
d (D) male
S.10.4
(1966):
S.10.4a a (A) male professional sports broadcaster, age 42
S.10.4b a (A) same speaker as a in S.10.4a
b (B) male racing commentator, age young
middle-aged
S.10.4c a (A) same speaker as a in S.10.4a,b
b (B) same speaker as b in S.10.4b
S.10.4d b (B) same speaker as b in S.10.4b
S.10.5 a (A) male professional broadcaster, age 43
(1965) b (B) female professional broadcaster, age c. 45
c (C) male professional broadcaster, age 45
d (D) male professional broadcaster, age 56
e (E) male professional broadcaster, age 56
S.10.6
(1973):
S.10.6a a (A) male professional broadcaster, age middle-aged
S.10.6b a (A) male professional broadcaster, age middle-aged
b (B) female professional broadcaster, age c. 53
(same speaker as b in S.10.5)
c (C) male professional broadcaster, age 53 (same
speaker as c in S.10.5)
S.10.7:
S.10.7a a (A) male professional broadcaster, age 38
(1960) (same speaker as a in S.10.5)
b (B) ?
S.10.7b a (A) female professional broadcaster, age c. 40
(1960) (same speaker as b in S.10.5)
b (B) male professional broadcaster, age 38 (same
speaker as a in S.10.5)
c (C) male soldier
d (D) male soldier
S.10.7c a (A) male academic, age 44
(1976)
S.10.8
(1976):
S.10.8a a (A) male commentator
b (B) male academic, age 44 (same speaker as a in
S.10.7c)
S.10.8b a (A) male academic, age 44 (same speaker as a in
S.10.7c and b in S.10.8a)
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S.10.9
(1976):
S.10.9a a male academic, age 44
S.10.9b a male academic, age 30s
S.10.10 a male commentator, age c. 40
(1984): b female commentator, age c. 40
c male umpire, age c. 50
d male commentator, age c. 30
e linesmen & lineswomwn, age c. 30-60
f-l male commentators (f age 50, g age 64, h & j
same speaker, age late 20s, k age c. 40,
l age c.30 (Australian))
m umpire
S.10.11
(1988):
S.10.11a a female cookery expert, age c. 30
b male vegetarian, age c. 30
c male vegetarian, age mid 30s
S.10.11b a female cookery expert, age c. 50
S.11.1 a (A) male counsel, age 65
(1967) b (B) ?
c (C) male judge, age 64
d (D) male counsel, age 26
S.11.2 a (A) male academic, age 58
(1974)
S.11.3
(c. 1961):
S.11.3a a (A) male broadcaster and scriptwriter, age c. 40
S.11.3b b (B) male broadcaster and scriptwriter, age c. 38
S.11.3c c (C) same speaker as b in S.11.3b
S.11.3d d (D) same speaker as b and c in S.11.3b and c
S.11.3e e (E) same speaker as b,c,and d in S.11.3b-d
S.11.3f f (F) same speaker as a in S.11.3a
S.11.3g g (G) same speaker as a in S.11.3a and f in S.11.3f
S.11.4 a1-a3, q1-q28 MPs, male except q3, age between
(1975) 32 and 63
S.11.5 a (A) male MP, age 66
(1975) b (B) male MP, age 36
c (C) male MP, age 36
d (D) male MP, age 41
e (E) male MP, age 33
f (F) male MP, age 37
g (G) male MP, age 45
h (H) male MP, age 58
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S.11.6 a-g Lords aged 45-87
(1986) (a age 61, b age 78, c age 87, d age 70,
e age 70, f age 45, g age 76)
S.12.1
(1965):
S.12.1a a (A) male minister of religion, age c. 36
S.12.1b a (A) male minister of religion, age c. 75
S.12.1c a (A) male minister of religion, age c. 35
S.12.1d a (A) male minister of religion, age c. 44
S.12.2:
S.12.2a a (A) male professor, age 53
(1965)
S.12.2b a (A) male academic, age 39
(1967)
S.12.3 a (A) male counsel, age 60
(c. 1966) b (B) male judge, age 66
S.12.4
(c. 1966):
S.12.4a a (A) male judge, age c. 55
S.12.4b b (B) male judge, age 64
S.12.5 a (A) male MP, age 56
(1972)
S.12.6 a (A) male builder, age c. 70
(1972)
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S.12.7 a male academic, age 49
(1983)
General speaker identities occurring in some of the texts:
mem, MEM (members)
spe, SPE (spectators)
stu, STU (students)
aud, AUD (audience)
all, ALL (all)
var, VAR (various)
varf, VARF (various females)
varm, VARM (various males)
