Wouk2005

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Wouk2005
BibType ARTICLE
Key Wouk2005
Author(s) Fay Wouk
Title The syntax of repair in Indonesian
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Tag(s) EMCA, Indonesian, projectability, same turn self-repair, syntactic constituency
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Year 2005
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Journal Discourse Studies
Volume 7
Number 2
Pages 237–258
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DOI 10.1177/1461445605050368
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Abstract

This study looks at the syntax of conversational same turn self-repair (STSR) in Indonesian. STSR is the process by which speakers make alterations to the turn in progress. Patterns of repetition in STSR allow us to determine which syntactic categories speakers make use of in organizing self-repair. Previously observed cross-linguistic variation in this area has been explained in terms of projectability. The majority of Indonesian repairs prove to be limited in scope to a single word or a single immediate constituent. However, larger scope recycling involving constituents such as clause and verb phrase do occur. Indonesian findings are compared with those of previously published studies of other languages. The results support an interpretation in terms of projectability.

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