Abstract
AbstractThis article describes the interactional patterns and linguistic structures associated with other-initiated repair, as observed in a corpus of video recorded conversation in the Italian language (Romance). The article reports findings specific to the Italian language from the comparative project that is the topic of this special issue. While giving an overview of all the major practices for other-initiation of repair found in this language, special attention is given to (i) the functional distinctions between different open strategies (interjection, question words, formulaic), and (ii) the role of intonation in discriminating alternative restricted strategies, with a focus on different contour types used to produce repetitions.
Highlights
Social interaction in any language necessitates a system for dealing with “problems in speaking, hearing and understanding” (Schegloff, Jefferson, and Sacks 1977)
The data used are video recordings of naturally occurring interaction among speakers of Italian ‒ one of the languages investigated in the comparative project that is the topic of this special issue
After a brief description of the Italian language (§ 2) and of the procedures of data collection (§ 3), the article begins by illustrating the structure of other-initiated repair (OIR) sequences (§ 4)
Summary
Social interaction in any language necessitates a system for dealing with “problems in speaking, hearing and understanding” (Schegloff, Jefferson, and Sacks 1977) This system involves both procedures for signalling problems and others for solving them. After a brief description of the Italian language (§ 2) and of the procedures of data collection (§ 3), the article begins by illustrating the structure of OIR sequences (§ 4). It surveys all the major practices for other-initiation of repair found in Italian (§ 5), covering various kinds of open and restricted strategies. The conclusion situates the findings in the cross-linguistic perspective pursued in this special issue
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