Enfield2015

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Enfield2015
BibType ARTICLE
Key Enfield2015
Author(s) Nick J. Enfield
Title Other-initiated repair in Lao
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Tag(s) EMCA, Lao, Other-initiated repair, Repair, Typology
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Year 2015
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Journal Open Linguistics
Volume 1
Number 1
Pages 119–144
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DOI 10.2478/opli-2014-0006
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Abstract

This article describes the interactional patterns and linguistic structures associated with otherinitiated repair, as observed in a corpus of video-recorded conversation in the Lao language (a Southwestern Tai language spoken in Laos, Thailand, and Cambodia). The article reports findings specific to the Lao language from the comparative project that is the topic of this special issue. While the scope is general to the overall pattern of other-initiated repair as a set of practices and a system of semiotic resources, special attention is given to (1) the range of repair operations that are elicited by open other-initiators of repair in Lao, especially the subtle changes made when problem turns are repeated, and (2) the use of phrase-final particles—a characteristic feature of Lao grammar—in the marking of both other-initiations of repair and repair solution turns.

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