A Conversation Analysis of self-initiated repair structures in Jordanian Spoken Arabic

This article studies the Conversation Analysis (CA) of self-initiated repair structures in everyday conversations in Jordanian Spoken Arabic (JSA). It aims to cast light on self-initiated repairs practised by Jordanians. The data were collected in 2010; 18 dyadic-videotaped conversations totalling a...

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Published inDiscourse studies Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 397 - 414
Main Author Al-Harahsheh, Ahmad Mohammad Ahmad
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.08.2015
Subjects
cross-cultural communication
Conversation Analysis
self-initiated repairs
Casual conversations
turn-taking
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Summary:This article studies the Conversation Analysis (CA) of self-initiated repair structures in everyday conversations in Jordanian Spoken Arabic (JSA). It aims to cast light on self-initiated repairs practised by Jordanians. The data were collected in 2010; 18 dyadic-videotaped conversations totalling about nine hours, mixed and single-sex, were conducted at Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan. The data analysed include 1595 self-initiated repairs. The CA approach is employed as a theoretical framework for this study. The findings of this research indicate that Jordanian speakers practise 10 self-initiated repair structures, namely, expansion, hesitation, replacement, repetition, abort and restart, abort and abandon, insertion, deletion, meta-repair and modify order.
ISSN:1461-4456
1461-7080
DOI:10.1177/1461445615578898