How many different types of conversation are there?

According to Peter Kowalski's latest taxonomy developed for our client at Georgia Tech, there are 26 different categories of conversation. Whether it's a conversation in your living room, on Twitter, on Facebook or on Blog, pretty much everything falls into one or more of the following categories.

• Acknowledging receipt of information
• Advertising something
• Answering a question
• Asking a question
• Augmenting a previous post
• Calling for action
• Disclosing personal information
• Distributing media
• Expressing agreement
• Expressing criticism
• Expressing support
• Expressing surprise
• Giving a heads-up
• Giving a shout-out
• Making a joke
• Making a suggestion
• Making an observation
• Offering a greeting
• Offering an opinion
• Putting out a wanted ad
• Rallying support
• Recruiting people
• Responding to criticism
• Showing dismay
• Soliciting comments
• Soliciting help