3.5. The two versions of ICE-EA
For the purposes of the different requirements of analyses, we decided 
on two versions of the corpus. 
1) The complete version in rich text format (rtf) format, which, in 
addition to the texts of 2000 words, contains the full versions of the 
texts and all tagging. The additional text, quotes, passages in a 
different (usually East African) language (code-switching) and 
editorial comment are accessible but in hidden font. This allows the 
user to retrieve the complete text, to have immediate access to the 
source and to take account of deviations.
2) The reduced version as text only (ASCII), which consists of just the 
2000-word texts and the element-attached tagging. Markers indicating 
text units, subtexts and headings as well as all editorial comment are 
omitted. This allows easier access for frequency counts and 
concordance. Quotes and sentences in a different language are 
omitted. Hesitations, repetitions and minimal responses were not 
included in the final count.