1.  but our neighbor decided he didn't like cats and shot one of them.(sw_0114)
2.  and at the same time, the budget he sent to Congress has tax and fee increases,(sw_0032)

In 1, as in the majority of the possessive determiner subject NPs, the referent is linked to the discourse through the use of a first person possessive determiner.  In 2, the referent is linked to the discourse through the use of an object relative clause, the subject of which is an active discourse entity.

Containing Inferrable
    The 'coin' coding indicates that the referent is part of a set of referents.  Here are some examples:

3.  you know, the good ones do cost maybe sixty dollars a week,(sw_0257)
4.  This school does.(sw_0346)

Example 3 refers to a subset of daycare centers.  Example 4 follows a discussion of schools that offer economic incentives.

Evoked
    The 'evoke' coding indicates that the lexical subject refers to a referent that has been referred to in the previous ten lines of discourse.  Here are some examples:

5.  and the nursing home made them come and take her back because she was being a, a, you know, a, a nuisance.(sw_0005)
6.  Houston, in itself, is a pretty tough place.(sw_ADD)

In both of these examples the referent has already been mentioned before the use of the lexical NP subject.  Example 6 is typical of place names used as subjects, perhaps because 'it' or 'here' are awkward alternatives given the context of the conversations and the predicate nominal constructions.

Frame Inferrable
    The 'frame' coding indicates that the lexical subject refers to a referent that is somehow associated with a previously introduced frame.  The frame inferrable class has the greatest number of tokens.  Here are some examples:

7.  UNLV kind of gave me the impression of being a, uh, uh, oh, I don't know, a macho team, you know.(sw_ADD)
8.  If the bombs don't get you, if the bullets don't get you, then, then the nerve gas definitely will get you.(sw_0279)

In 7, the NCAA basketball tournament is under discussion. UNLV was, at the time of the conversation, a salient participant in the tournament.  In 8, the Soviet military Hyundee helicopter frame has been introduced, and the weaponry of the helicopter can be inferred.

Generic
    The 'gen' coding indicates that the lexical subject refers to a generic member or generic members of the referent set.  The plural noun 'people' in 9 below is representative of this class.

9.  but, I mean, you know, people really waking up.(sw_ADD)
10.  You know, a, a, a sixty-two year old guy is less likely to be put on death row from what I 've seen.(sw_0028)

In example 10 the subject does not refer to any particular sixty-two year old guy.

Predicative
    The 'pred' coding indicates that the lexical subject refers to a low referentiality item in a predicate construction.   Here are some examples:

11.  and all we do is metric stuff.(sw_0129)
12.  Sometimes, um, usually the reason I will turn it on is to hear the news.(sw_0249)

Unused
    The 'unused' coding indicates that the lexical subject refers to an item that is generally familiar to the speakers based on their shared background.  In the case of these conversations, the background they share is their culture.

13.  They, they, they decided, you know, George Bush, who, who's the main owner of the Rangers, decided that, uh, they'd stay in Arlington. (sw_ADD)

Example 13 shows the introduction of the new entity 'George Bush'.  The entity is assumed by the speaker to be familiar to the hearer based on shared background.

Brand New
    The 'b-n' coding indicates that the lexical subject refers to an entity that has not been mentioned before and is not somehow connected to the discourse through a frame or an anchor.  In addition, brand new entities cannot be assumed to be available to the hearer; they are not generic or unused.

14.  and this lady was going to work (sw_0192)

Before 14 is uttered, the conversation concerns crime.  With 14 the speaker begins an anecdote to demonstrate a recent increase in criminal activity.

Situationally Evoked
    The 's-evk' coding indicates that the speaker is using a lexical subject to refer to something deictically.  The entity is available for the speaker to point at so to speak.  The rarity of this use of lexical subjects is likely genre related: speakers and hearers are geographically separated in telephone conversations.  Nevertheless, deictic reference does take place.

15.  This country seems to be a little behind on that. (sw_1200)
16.  today was a beautiful day (sw_ADD)

In 15 the speaker refers to a geographical space that includes both the speaker and the hearer.  In 16 the speaker deictically indicates a time.

Brand New Anchored
    The coding 'bnanch' indicates that the lexical subject is new to the discourse but it is linked to an entity that is active in the discourse.

17.  A friend of mine gave me a clock kit. (sw_0270)

In 17 the new entity 'a friend' is linked to the active discourse entity , the speaker, through the use of the prepositional genitive.