Table 1.

Communicative event types, descriptions, examples, and distribution.

Communicative event type	Description	Example	n (HI)	n (NH)
Requests	Questions	“Has she got blue eyes?”	288	254
		“What color are her eyes?”
Non-requests	Statements	“He looks a bit like your dad”	176	309
Back-channeling	Feedback	“Uh-huh,” “Mhm”	269	165
Listening	Partner	–	745	740
	speaking
Total n			1478	1468