Glossary term S

Self-Repair

Definition

Self-repair is a repair that is performed by the speaker of the utterance that needs repair.

Examples

In the following exchange, the last turn is a self-repair:

A: I need a new bolt for my oil filter.
B: A BOLT?
A: I mean for my oil PAN.

The following is a self-initiated self-repair.

I need a new bolt for my oil filt—um, PAN.

Kinds

More specific concepts within self-repair.