A Conversation Analysis of self-initiated repair structures in Jordanian Spoken Arabic. (August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Al-Harahsheh, Ahmad Mohammad Ahmad
• Is Part Of: Discourse studies. Volume 17:Number 4(2015)
• Page Start: 397
• Page End: 414
• Publication Date: 2015-08
• Subjects: Casual conversations -- Conversation Analysis -- cross-cultural communication -- self-initiated repairs -- turn-taking; Discourse analysis -- Periodicals; 401.405
• DOI: 10.1177/1461445615578898
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1461-4456

Abstract

This article studies the Conversation Analysis (CA) of self-initiated repair structures in everyday conversations in Jordanian Spoken Arabic (JSA). It aims to cast light on self-initiated repairs practised by Jordanians. The data were collected in 2010; 18 dyadic-videotaped conversations totalling about nine hours, mixed and single-sex, were conducted at Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan. The data analysed include 1595 self-initiated repairs. The CA approach is employed as a theoretical framework for this study. The findings of this research indicate that Jordanian speakers practise 10 self-initiated repair structures, namely, expansion, hesitation, replacement, repetition, abort and restart, abort and abandon, insertion, deletion, meta-repair and modify order.