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  Formats for other-initiation of repair across languages: An exercise in pragmatic typology

Dingemanse, M., Blythe, J., & Dirksmeyer, T. (2014). Formats for other-initiation of repair across languages: An exercise in pragmatic typology. Studies in Language, 38, 5-43. doi:10.1075/sl.38.1.01din.

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Dingemanse, Mark1, 2, Author           
Blythe, Joe1, 3, Author           
Dirksmeyer, Tyko1, 4, Author           
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1Language and Cognition Department, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, ou_792548              
2Human Sociality and Systems of Language Use, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, Nijmegen, NL, ou_808546              
3University of Melbourne, School of Languages and Linguistics, Melbourne, Australia, ou_persistent22              
4International Max Planck Research School for Language Sciences, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, Nijmegen, NL, ou_1119545              

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 Abstract: In conversation, people have to deal with problems of speaking, hearing, and understanding. We report on a cross-linguistic investigation of the conversational structure of other-initiated repair (also known as collaborative repair, feedback, requests for clarification, or grounding sequences). We take stock of formats for initiating repair across languages (comparable to English huh?, who?, y’mean X?, etc.) and find that different languages make available a wide but remarkably similar range of linguistic resources for this function. We exploit the patterned variation as evidence for several underlying concerns addressed by repair initiation: characterising trouble, managing responsibility, and handling knowledge. The concerns do not always point in the same direction and thus provide participants in interaction with alternative principles for selecting one format over possible others. By comparing conversational structures across languages, this paper contributes to pragmatic typology: the typology of systems of language use and the principles that shape them

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 201320132014
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1075/sl.38.1.01din
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Project name : Human Sociality and Systems of Language Use
Grant ID : 240853
Funding program : Funding Programme 7 (FP7)
Funding organization : European Commission (EC)

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Title: Studies in Language
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Publ. Info: Amsterdam : Benjamins
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 38 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 5 - 43 Identifier: ISSN: 0378-4177
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954928484269