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Synchronous Discourse (disc.SYN)

Exchanges conducted in real time by voice, and the records they do not leave.

August 2026

1. [1] arghXiv:2512.11487v2 [pdf]

   Response Types to Direct Questions in Two-Party Text Disputes

   E. Cavill, D. Ostrowski

   5 pages, 1 table. The manual is Table 1, and is also kept at /help/response-types. Table 1 revised at v2: one category added, its count split from prius tu, the corpus total unchanged. Participants were not shown the codes applied to them; see arghXiv:2510.03920. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Eristics (argu.ER); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Synchronous Discourse (disc.SYN); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

2. [2] arghXiv:2608.03106

   Moderator Intervention and Turn Completion in Voice Channels

   D. Corrigan

   14 pages, 4 figures. Companion to arghXiv:2608.02840; the same recordings, coded for a different purpose. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Moderation and Channel Governance (disc.MOD) (primary class); Synchronous Discourse (disc.SYN); Null and Negative Results (futil.NUL); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)

3. [3] arghXiv:2608.02840 [pdf]

   Exits from Text in Two-Party Disputes: Voice Transfer, Image Substitution, and Deferred Citation

   E. Cavill, D. Corrigan

   3 pages, 1 table. Corpus and coding manual available on request; two requests have been received. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Synchronous Discourse (disc.SYN) (primary class); Image and Non-Textual Argument (rhet.IMG); Sourcing (epist.SRC); Moderation and Channel Governance (disc.MOD); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV)