Ekberg2012
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BibType | ARTICLE |
Key | Ekberg2012 |
Author(s) | Stuart Ekberg |
Title | Addressing a source of trouble outside of the repair space |
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Tag(s) | EMCA, Trouble Source, Repair, Conversation Analysis, Repair space, Intersubjectivity, Talk-in-interaction., Post-completion account |
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Year | 2012 |
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Journal | Journal of Pragmatics |
Volume | 44 |
Number | 4 |
Pages | 374–386 |
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DOI | 10.1016/j.pragma.2012.01.006 |
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Abstract
A body of research in conversation analysis has identified a range of structurally-provided positions in which sources of trouble in talk-in-interaction can be addressed using repair. These practices are contained within what Schegloff (1992) calls the repair space. In this paper, I examine a rare instance in which a source of trouble is not resolved within the repair space and comes to be addressed outside of it. The practice by which this occurs is a post-completion account; that is, an account that is produced after the possible completion of the sequence containing a source of trouble. Unlike fourth position repair, the final repair position available within the repair space, this account is not made in preparation for a revised response to the trouble-source turn. Its more restrictive aim, rather, is to circumvent an ongoing difference between the parties involved. I argue that because the trouble is addressed in this manner, and in this particular position, the repair space can be considered as being limited to the sequence in which a source of trouble originates.
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