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Task B – Who speaks most, and how does this compare with our schematic expectations?

Who would you expect to speak most and why?

Calculate (i) the number of turns for each character and (ii) the average number of words per turn for each character. What do you find?

Number of turns    Turn-length

 

 

 

 


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