WMN: 3429-0_3429-12

Type: WMN: non-understanding

Meaning: situated meaning

Context: Spoken interaction

Corpus: Switchboard Dialog Act Corpus

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Dialogue: 3429-0

[1320]

{D Well, } {F um, } since I'm in college, {F uh, } {E I mean, } {F uh, } I haven't seen that much change . /

[1446]

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[1320]

I'm kind of young still, /I don't know how much it changed in the last, {F uh, } twenty years anyway. /{C But, } I don't know. /[ Do you, + do you ] have an idea [ of, + of ] how much. /

[1446]

No, /I'm not that old either . /

[1320]

Uh-huh. /

[1446]

I'm only twenty-nine. /

[1320]

{F Oh, } okay. /

[1446]

{C So, } social changes aren't that much for me either. /

[1320]

Yeah, /right. /{D Well, } I can remember are from, from my childhood were the disco days - /{C and } maybe that's changed a lot. {F Uh } --

[1446]

{D Well, } yeah, /that. -/

[1320]

-- [ the way, + the way ] people dress /{C and, } {F uh. } -/

[1446]

I think attitudes are more lax now than they used to be. /

[1320]

More lax? /

[1446]

Uh-huh, /relaxed --

[1320]

Uh-huh. /

[1446]

-- and laid back and stuff /{C and. } -/

[1320]

Maybe a people are a little [ o-, + ] more open-minded than maybe they used to be. /

[1446]

I think so. /

[1320]

Uh-huh. /

[1446]

I think so, /{C and } a lot, - /I think people [ are, + are ] used to now saying [ what's, + what's ] on their minds [ more + --

[1320]

Right. /

[1446]

-- more ] up front --

[1320]

Right. /

[1446]

-- than they used to be. /

[1320]

Uh-huh. /Especially with {D like } a lot of the different organizations now like, {D you know, } Pro-Life [ and, + and ] Pro-, {F uh, } Choice [ in, + in ] the special interest groups maybe --

[1446]

Right. /

[1320]

-- {F um, } {D like } amnesty. /{F Uh, } yeah, /maybe people are [ a little, + a little ] more, {F uh, } free to express their opinions, socially free. /

[1446]

Yeah, /I think so. /I think women have come out more --

[1320]

{F Oh, } yeah. /

[1446]

-- too, [ on, + on ] {D like } child abuse --

[1320]

Right. /

[1446]

-- [ and, + and ] the wife beatings, /[ {C and } + --

[1320]

Uh-huh. /

[1446]

-- {C and } ] like you said, [ pro cho-, + pro-choice ] and --

[1320]

Uh-huh. /

[1446]

-- whatnot. /

[1320]

Uh-huh. /Right. /

[1446]

I think that's become more [ out-, + outstanding ] than it used to be where women, I think used to be a little bit afraid of coming out and saying something. /

[1320]

Right. /Just wasn't socially acceptable. /

[1446]

No, /huh-uh. /

[1320]

Yeah. /{F Uh, } [ maybe, + maybe ] too a big social change [ that's, + that's ] maybe for the worst [ [ is, + {F uh, } is, ] + is ] how, {F um, } the people's, {F uh, } views [ on, + on ] relationships has changed, {D you know, } /{C and } [ [ now we have, + now we have several, ] + {D you know, } we have to ] worry about AIDS /{C and } we have to worry about, {F uh, } maybe people are becoming [ more aware, + [ more, + more ] afraid ] of --

[1446]

Right. /

[1320]

-- relationships. /

[1446]

{D Well, } I know like when I was in high school and junior high and stuff and sitting down and having the sex talk with mom, {D you know } --

[1320]

Uh-huh. /

[1446]

-- and all that stuff, /{C and, } {D you know, } we didn't have to talk about, - /{D well } basically her thing was just don't do it, {D you know } -- /

[1320]

Ri-, - /right. /Yeah. /

[1446]

-- {C but, } [ I'm not, + I'm not ] naive,

[1320]

.

[1446]

to think that my children are not going to not do it. /

[1320]

Yeah. /

[1446]

It wasn't that long that I was that young. /

[1320]

Yeah. /

[1446]

{C And } I've got a ten year old, /{C and, } {D you know, } he thought, he knows about condoms, /[ {C and } + --

[1320]

Uh-huh. /

[1446]

-- {C and } ] he knows about AIDS, /{C and } --

[1320]

Uh-huh. /

[1446]

-- it's just different things you have to talk to them about now --

[1320]

Yeah. /

[1446]

-- that you would never even have dreamt to have to say anything about. /

[1320]

Right. /It used to be [ that we were, th-, + that we were ] trying to protect morality. /Now it's we're protecting our lives. /[ It's a + --

[1446]

Uh-huh. /

[1320]

-- it's a ] much different, - /we have, {D you know, } - /you can't [ just, + just ] hope for abstinence. /

[1446]

No, /[ I don't, + I think ] that's stupidity on parents' part. /{E I mean } --

[1320]

Yeah. /

[1446]

-- [ that's, + ] sex is rampant, /{C and } it always will be, /[ {C and } + --

[1320]

Yeah. /

[1446]

-- {C and } ] I think, too, noticing the kids, that the fourth and fifth graders, which is what my son is --

[1320]

Uh-huh. /

[1446]

-- and stuff, [ [ [ they, + they're ] just, + they're more, ] + they're very ] open. /

[1320]

Uh-huh. /

[1446]

{E I mean, } the boys are very open --

[1320]

Uh-huh. /

[1446]

-- because [ that's, + that's ] all I have is boys, so that's all I'm around --

[1320]

Uh-huh. /

[1446]

-- basically, is boys, /{C but } they talk about things that [ I, + my ] brother didn't talk about until he was in college --

[1320]

Uh-huh. /

[1446]

-- {D you know, } /[ {C and, } + {C and } ] they sit down /{C and } they look at you right in the face /{C and } they expect a truthful answer. /

[1320]

That's right. /

[1446]

You can't [ get them, + give them, ] the, {F oh, } {D you know, } Cabbage Patch answers --

[1320]

Yeah. /

[1446]

-- and stuff. /[ They, + they, ] - /that just does not go. /

[1320]

Right. /

[1446]

{C And } they can tell me, basically some things that I don't know . /

[1320]

Uh-huh. /

[1446]

{C But } [ it, + it's ] interesting, listening to them. /[ I think, + I think ] the social changes in them, I think I see it more with that generation --

[1320]

Uh-huh. /

[1446]

-- than I do with {D like } our generation. /

[1320]

Right, /right. /Yeah, /[ [ I, + I, ] + I ] imagine you're right. /[ I, + I ] teach swim lessons a lot, /{C and, } {C and } to [ see what, + see what ] kids talk about when, {F uh, } {D you know, } [ they're, + they're ] open about, {D well, } {D you know, } - /kids are a lot more educated now than I think [ that, + that, ] {D like } we were, {F uh, } at that age --

[1446]

Yeah, /I do too. /

[1320]

-- {F um, } about a lot of things. /{D You know, } [ besides what, + besides what ] they learn, {F uh, } [ from, + from ] our social environment [ is, + {F uh, } their education is ] just amazing. /[ Kids are, + kids are ] learning, {F uh, } {D you know, } /their math is just, - /every year, {F uh, } algebra goes down a grade, {D you know, } /[ {C and, } + {C and, } ] {F uh, } students learn it earlier. /