The Preference for Self-Correction in the Organization of Repair in Conversation¶
Schegloff, E. A., Jefferson, G., & Sacks, H. (1977). The Preference for Self-Correction in the Organization of Repair in Conversation. Language, 53(2), 361-382.
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Primes¶
- Communication Repair
- In its conversation-analytic form the catalogue is short — self-initiated self-repair (cheapest), other-initiated self-repair (cheap), other-initiated other-repair (socially costly), self-initiated other-repair (rare)
This sourceFoundational conversation-analytic account of repair and its preference ordering: self-initiated self-repair, other-initiated self-repair, and other-initiated other-repair.
- In its conversation-analytic form the catalogue is short — self-initiated self-repair (cheapest), other-initiated self-repair (cheap), other-initiated other-repair (socially costly), self-initiated other-repair (rare)
Mechanisms¶
- Repair Target Selection
- The discipline that keeps it honest is to match the repair to the diagnosed layer rather than the convenient one, to treat authority as a live candidate on every pass, and to scale intensity to stakes rather than to appetite.
This sourceShows that other-initiated conversational repair first locates a specific trouble source and then gives the original speaker an opportunity to repair it; it does not address authority checks or scaling intensity to stakes.
- The discipline that keeps it honest is to match the repair to the diagnosed layer rather than the convenient one, to treat authority as a live candidate on every pass, and to scale intensity to stakes rather than to appetite.
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