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Download full textNorrick, Neal R. – 1989
This analysis looks at the humorous use of second-speaker repeats to initiate conversational repair. It is proposed that consideration of joking repeats forces reanalysis of the organization of conversational repair. The preference analysis theory is rejected in favor of a locally governed analysis of conversational repair in which participants…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Error Analysis (Language), Error Correction, Humor
