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1977

The Organization of Repair in Conversation

JIANG Wang-qi1, LI Mei2
(1. English Department, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; 2. China Central Television Station,
Beijing 100859, China)

Abstract: Schegloff et al. (1977) propose that there is a preference for self-correction in the organization of repair in
conversation. The authors of the present paper, on the basis of their own data and others arguments, question the
validity of this claim made by Schegloff and his associates. They argue that the so-called preference for self-repair in
fact results from the too broad definition of repair, which covers many other phenomena apart from the correction
of real mistakes. In the end, the authors suggest that linguistics today is facing a turnabout from theoretical
speculation to practical analysis, and Chinese linguists, who are generally fond of induction, will have a good
opportunity to bring their potentialities into full play.
Key words: preference; self-repair; other-correction; deduction; induction
(repair)1977
(E. Schegloff)(G. Jefferson)(H. Sacks)

(self-repair)[1]

(repair)
(correction)1

1. correction other-correction

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 (initiation)(outcome)2

(self-initiated repair)(other-initiated repair)

(turn)
(transition space)
(trouble-source turn)
(1) Bea 3
(2)
(1) Hannah: And hes going to make his own paintings.
Bea: Mm hm,
Hannah: And- or I mean his own frames.
Bea: Yeah, [1: 366]4
(2) Ken: Is Al here today?
Dan: Yeah.
(2.0)
Roger: He is? hh eh heh
Dan: Well he was. [1: 364]
(2)
Roger

Dan is was

[2]
(turn-taking rules)(overlap)(silence)

(transition-relevance place)[2: 198]

(2)
correction
5 (modulated)
(uncertainty marker)(3) I think(4) Ymean ?

2. correction correction
3.
4.

5.

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 (3) Ben: Lissena pigeons.
(0.7)
Ellen: //Coo-coo:::coo:::
Bill: Quail, I think.
Ben: Oh yeh?
(1.5)
No thats not quail, thats a pigeon, [1: 378]
(4) Lori: But yknow single bedsr awfully thin tuh sleep on.
Sam: What?
Lori: Single beds. //Theyre-
Ellen: Ymean narrow?
Lori: Theyre awfully narrow yeah. (ibid.)
(3)Bill Ben Ben
1.5 Bill
[1: 379]

()

[1: 381]

Neal Norrick[3][4]
Norrick

[3: 80;
59]
(5) Coco: Make these flowers here-in.
Father: Putem in here.
Coco: Yeah. [3: 70]
(6) Teacher: What do they wear when they go to school. Katrin.
Katrin: They are=
Teacher: =they wear?
Katrin: They wear school uniforms. [3: 74]
(7) nonnative speaker: then you say what number is it=
native speaker: =what letter
nonnative speaker: Wh-what letter, yeah what letter it is [3: 64]
Norrick (8)
(9) (10)

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[8: 59]
(8) John: Hey Frank. How far is Reading ((rid )) from London?
Frank: Reading ((rd )). Oh: not that far really.
John: Well: I was just looking at this ma:p. [3: 62]
(9) Father: Moths usually have hairy bodies. But butterflies bodies are uh: glatt6.
Nick: Smooth.
Father: Yeah smooth. [3: 71]
(10) Nixon: The White House has conducted an investigation and has turned it over
to the Grand Jury.
Ehrlichman: Turned it over to the Justice Department.
Nixon: Before the indictments.
Ehrlichman: Right. [3: 79]
1996 10
(66%)
(34%)7

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A
HA H

(11) B XXX (0.5)

EF
B (0.9) sh (.) Chinese English
E China //English
F China English [4: 26]
(12) A () master
(1.0)
B Handsome
A (.)() [4: 27]
(13) H (.)(.)(.)
(.) //()
A ()
(.) [4: 28]

[4: 34]
Norrick

14 10
508
395 77.76% 113 22.24%
246 47.83% 265 52.17%

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7.
[1: 361][1: 362][1: 378]

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(17) //
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(T12: 57)
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(17)
9

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9. (3)

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[1: 373]

10
141 57 40% 84
60% 367 338 85.57% 29 14.43%

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Bea Hannah
(16)

[1: 381]

11

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