Koshik2005

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Koshik2005
BibType ARTICLE
Key Koshik2005
Author(s) Irene Koshik
Title Alternative questions in conversational repair
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Tag(s) EMCA, Conversation Analysis, Repair, Preference organization, Questions, Alternative Questions
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Year 2005
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Journal Discourse Studies
Volume 7
Number 2
Pages 192–211
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DOI 10.1177/1461445605050366
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Abstract

This article adds to the conversation analytic literature on repair and on preference structure by examining a previously-undescribed otherinitiated repair practice, using the form of an alternative question, and the various actions that this practice is used to accomplish. Alternative question repair initiations can present alternate hearings or understandings of a prior utterance for clarification. They can also be used to initiate error correction by targeting a trouble source in a prior utterance with the first alternative and providing a candidate correction with the second. In the latter case, rejection of the candidate preference can be done as a dispreferred response. Recipients can make use of both turn design and context to interpret the actions being done through this form of repair.

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