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The Preference for Self-Correction in the Organization of Repair in Conversation

Schegloff, Emanuel A., Jefferson, Gail, Sacks, Harvey·1977·Language

DOI 10.2307/413107

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An ‘organization of repair’ operates in conversation, addressed to recurrent problems in speaking, hearing, and understanding. Several features of that organization are introduced to explicate the mechanism which produces a strong empirical skewing in which self-repair predominates over other-repair, and to show the operation of a preference for self-repair in the organization of repair. Several consequences of the preference for self-repair for conversational interaction are sketched.

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Authors: Schegloff, E. A., Jefferson, G., & Sacks, H.
Venue: Language
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published: 1977-06
Volume: 53
Issue: 2
Pages: 361-382
ISSN: 0097-8507 (ISSN-L)
1535-0665
DOI: 10.2307/413107
OpenAlex: W1980298376
Cited by: 5,150
References: 15
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FWCI: 158.58
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 17816 d)
Locations: Language (publishedVersion)
Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Linguistics and Discourse Analysis
Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Speech and dialogue systems
Keywords: self-correction, conversational repair, conversation, intelligibility, turn-taking

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