Glossary term R

Repair

A repair is an alteration that is suggested or made by a speaker, the addressee, or audience in order to correct or clarify a previous conversational contribution.

It may occur at any of several points following the contribution in question, perhaps occurring in accordance with a conventional order of preference.

More specific concepts within repair.

  1. Levinson 1983, 339–341
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