What is a repair?

Definition
	A repair is an alteration that is suggested or made by a speaker, the addressee, or audience in order to correct or clarify a previous conversational contribution.
	It may occur at any of several points following the contribution in question, perhaps occurring in accordance with a conventional order of preference.

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of repairs:
	What is an other-initiated repair? What is an other-repair? What is self-initiated repair? What is self-repair?

Source
	Levinson 1983 339–341

Context for this page:

Concept module: repair
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): R
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Linguistics

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