Table 2.

Age groups and frequency of kinship terms used in different contexts.

Age Groups	Directive Speech Act										Total Freq.	Total %
	Forms of Utterances
	Giving advise		Asking for help		Asking for direction		Inviting to eat		Rebuking
	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%
11–21	33	2,19	27	1,79	62	4,12	60	3,99	38	2,52	220	15
22–43	90	5,98	103	6,84	175	11,63	184	12,23	216	14,35	768	51
44–65	79	5,25	86	5,71	97	6,45	117	7,77	138	9,17	517	34
Total	202	13,42	216	14,35	334	22,19	361	23,99	392	26,05	1505	100