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BibType | ARTICLE |
Key | Kim2020a |
Author(s) | Du Re Kim |
Title | Emergence of Proactive Self-Initiated Self-Repair as an Indicator of L2 IC Development |
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Tag(s) | EMCA, Interactional competence, Repair, Self-repair, L2 |
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Year | 2020 |
Language | English |
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Journal | Applied Linguistics |
Volume | 41 |
Number | 6 |
Pages | 901–921 |
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DOI | 10.1093/applin/amz047 |
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Abstract
This article finds empirical evidence of second language (L2) interactional competence (IC) and its development by focusing on one of the interactional practices: self-repairing. Compared to prior repair IC studies which mainly have explored how L2 speakers deal with evident L2-related troubles in conversation, this study focuses on cases in which they deploy self-repair when there are no such linguistic problems in previous talk, taking Mauranen’s (2006) dichotomy between retroactive and proactive self-repairs. After analyzing the conversation by L2 speakers with different oral proficiency, this study discovers whereas novice and intermediate speakers self-repair for correcting what is lexically or grammatically problematic, advanced speakers deploy self-repair mostly for pre-empting possible misunderstandings. Advanced speakers replace the previous items into words that are specific in the meaning range by fine-tuning the level of ‘granularity’ (Schegloff 2000) to avoid ambiguity and further other-initiated repair. The findings suggest that the development of L2 IC involves speakers’ ability to detect potential problems in the eyes of the recipients and replace them in advance.
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