Bolden2022
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BibType | ARTICLE |
Key | Bolden2022 |
Author(s) | Galina B. Bolden, Alexa Hepburn, Jonathan Potter, Kaicheng Zhan, Wan Wei, Song Hee Park, Aleksandr Shirokov, Hee Chung Chun, Aleksandra Kurlenkova, Dana Licciardello, Marissa Caldwell, Jenny Mandelbaum, Lisa Mikesell |
Title | Over-Exposed Self-Correction: Practices for Managing Competence and Morality |
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Tag(s) | EMCA, Conversational repair, Correction sequences, Conversation analysis |
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Year | 2022 |
Language | English |
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Journal | Research on Language and Social Interaction |
Volume | 55 |
Number | 3 |
Pages | 203-221 |
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DOI | 10.1080/08351813.2022.2067426 |
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Abstract
When repairing a problem in their talk, speakers sometimes do more than simply correct an error, extending the self-correction segment to comment on, repeat, apologize, and/or reject the error. We call this “over-exposed self-correction.” In over-exposing the error, speakers may manage (and reflexively construct) a range of attributional troubles that it has raised. We discuss how over-exposed self-correction can be used to: (a) remediate errors that might suggest the speaker’s incompetence; and (b) redress errors that may be heard as revealing relational “evils” (implicating inadequate other-attentiveness) or societal “evils” (conveying problematic social attitudes and prejudices). The article thus shows how conversation analytic work on repair can provide a platform for studying the emergence and management of socially and relationally charged issues in interaction. The data come from a diverse corpus of talk-in-interaction in American, British, and Australian English.
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