The following are brief summarizations of the contents of each of the 60 discourse segments included in volumes 1-4 of the Santa Barbara Corpus. Participant names cited are pseudonyms, corresponding to the speaker labels used in the transcriptions.

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SBC015 Deadly Diseases
A conversation among three friends, recorded in Los Angeles, California. Ken and Joanne are a couple, and Lenore is a friend of theirs.

SBC016 Tapedeck
A sales encounter, recorded in an audio store in Santa Barbara. Tammy is planning to buy a new tape deck. Brad, a salesman at the audio store, is discussing various tape decks which he is trying to sell her.

SBC017 Wonderful Abstract Notions
A conversation between two male friends, recorded in Southern California.

SBC018 Vet Morning
A task-related interaction recorded in a veterinarian office near Madison, Wisconsin. All five participants work in the office, some as secretaries and assistants and some as veterinarians.

SBC019 Doesn't Work in this Household
A family conversation, recorded in Michigan. Frank and Jan (a married couple) are talking with Ron--Jan's brother who is visiting from California. Brett and Melissa are Frank and Jan's junior-high-age children, who are doing homework and also taking part in the conversation.

SBC020 God's Love
A segment from a sermon/lecture recorded at a small conference near Chicago, Illinois. The speaker is a pastor in his mid seventies.

SBC021 Fear
A segment from a rather lively sermon recorded in Boston, Massachusetts.

SBC022 Runway Heading
Task-related interaction, recorded in an air traffic control tower in Portland, Oregon. Lance is training to be an air traffic controller, and has just finished working a shift. Randy, an experienced controller, is giving Lance feedback/briefing on his performance on that shift.

SBC023 Howard's End
A segment from a book discussion group, recorded in Topeka, Kansas. The eleven participants are all women between the ages of 46 and 85.

SBC024 Risk
This segment consists of game-playing and game-teaching on a computer, and was recorded near Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Jennifer and Dan are a couple in their early twenties.

SBC025 The Egg which Luther Hatched
This is a segment from a lecture on the history and theology of Martin Luther, part of an evening class held at a church, recorded in Delaware.

SBC026 Hundred Million Dollars
This is a city meeting, recorded in Chicago, Illinois. City officials interact with the public about a government grant which is being applied for, to fund community development. The city can only apply once, so are soliciting applications from various organizations and will submit the one they judge as best.

SBC027 Atoms Hanging Out
An entertaining science lecture and demonstration, recorded at a large public science museum in Chicago, Illinois.

SBC028 Hey Cutie Pie
A very intimate long-distance telephone conversation between a romantic couple in their early twenties, which took place between Pennsylvania and California.

SBC029 Ancient Furnace
This is a business conversation recorded in Northern California between Seth and Larry, who are meeting for the first time. Seth works as an engineer who designs, installs, and sells heating and air conditioning units. Larry has invited him to his home to give him an estimate.

SBC030 Vision
A segment from a sermon, recorded at a large Baptist church in Chicago, Illinois.

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