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In conversation analysis, self-repair is a repair that is performed by the speaker of the utterance that needs repair (Levinson 1983:340–341).
Examples
In the following exchange, the last turn is a self-repair:
- A: I need a new bolt for my oil filter.
- B: A BOLT?
- A: I mean for my oil PAN.
The following is a self-initiated self-repair:
- I need a new bolt for my oil filt—um, PAN.
Subtypes
Link
self-repair in SIL's Glossary of linguistic terms
Reference
- Levinson, Stephen C. 1983. Pragmatics. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.