categories of human interlocution
(what two or more humans generate when they interface)

•GREETINGS•

•REPORTS OF FACTS OR STATUS OF A SITUATION•

•EXPRESSIONS OF WHAT ONE WANTS/LACKS•

•DECLARATIONS ABOUT THINGS THAT OUGHT TO BE DIFFERENT (OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY ASSIGNMENTS OF BLAME)•

•ISSUANCES THAT ATTEMPT TO ASSURE THAT “THINGS ARE TAKEN CARE OF”•

•REFUTATIONS, or REPLACING AN EXISTING UNDERSTANDING WITH SOMETHING ELSE•

•ATTEMPTS TO CONFIRM THAT ONE SEES/FEELS/EXPERIENCES THE SAME THINGS THAT THE OTHER DOES•

•TALLIES OF THINGS•

•CAUSAL EXPLANATIONS OF OCCURRENCES OR STATES OF AFFAIRS•

•QUESTIONS WITH AGENDA TO MAKE SOMETHING SPECIFIC HAPPEN•

•QUESTIONS WITHOUT AGENDA, I.E. TRUE INQUIRY•

•PROBLEM SOLVING•

•EXPRESSIONS OF COMFORT OR SYMPATHY•

•NEWLY GENERATED OR INCHOATE IDEAS (brainstorming)•

•NONSENSE UTTERANCES FOR PUNCTUATION AND CONVERSATIONAL FLOW•

•NERVOUS INTERJECTIONS OF HUMOR•

•SELF-REFERENTIAL COUCHINGS•

•CELEBRATORY INTERJECTIONS•

•TALE-TELLING AND OTHER FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNTS•

•EXPRESSIONS OF AWE, STUPEFICATION, WONDER•

•META-CONVERSATIONAL STATEMENTS•