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| Female to male | Female to female | ||
| Openers | N | % | N | % |
| Title/role | 203 | 46.99 | 199 | 46.06 |
| Greeting | 32 | 7.41 | 29 | 6.71 |
| Apology | 187 | 43.29 | 189 | 38.8 |
| Name | 118 | 30.73 | 118 | 27.78 |
| Vocative | 24 | 5.56 | 20 | 4.63 |
| Aggravator | 5 | 1.16 | 6 | 2.32 |
| Head Acts |
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| Mood derivable | 21 | 4.86 | 22 | 5.09 |
| Explicit performatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hedged performatives | 71 | 16.44 | 67 | 15.51 |
| Obligation statement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Want statement | 17 | 3.94 | 16 | 3.7 |
| Suggestory formula | 19 | 3.7 | 26 | 6.02 |
| Query-preparatory | 290 | 67.13 | 295 | 65.29 |
| Strong hints | 14 | 3.24 | 10 | 3.47 |
| Mild hints | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Supportive Moves |
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| Preparatory | 84 | 19.44 | 91 | 21.06 |
| Pre-commitment | 142 | 32.87 | 150 | 34.72 |
| Disarmer | 51 | 11.81 | 54 | 12.5 |
| Reward | 33 | 7.63 | 31 | 7.18 |
| Imposition minimize | 134 | 31.02 | 138 | 31.94 |
| Gratitude | 94 | 21.76 | 101 | 23.38 |
| Grounder | 275 | 63.71 | 281 | 65.09 |
| Insults | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Threat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moralizing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |