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To describe the structural organization of repair in conversation and explicate the mechanism causing self-correction to systematically predominate over other-correction.

June 1, 1977Language

The preference for self-correction in the organization of repair in conversation

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ESEmanuel A. SchegloffUniversity of California, Los Angeles GJGail JeffersonRijksmuseum HSHarvey SacksUniversity of California, Irvine

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Conversation analysis reveals a systematic predominance of self-repair over other-repair in naturally occurring talk, highlighting an organized structural preference for self-correction.

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To describe the structural organization of repair in conversation and explicate the mechanism causing self-correction to systematically predominate over other-correction.
Conducted a conversation-analytic investigation of naturally occurring talk-in-interaction.
Analyzed the sequential placement and turn-taking structures governing how speakers and listeners manage recurrent problems in speaking, hearing, and understanding.
Identified that conversational repair is organized to structurally favor self-repair opportunities over other-repair opportunities across sequential turns.
Demonstrated an empirical skewing whereby participants overwhelmingly initiate and complete corrections of their own speech trouble sources rather than correcting others.

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Schegloff et al. (1977) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dff6f12833447a7e25595f https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1977.0041

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Conversation analysis reveals a systematic predominance of self-repair over other-repair in naturally occurring talk, highlighting an organized structural preference for self-correction.

The preference for self-correction in the organization of repair in conversation

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