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Language Management and Language Problems: Part I
  • ISSN 0957-6851
  • E-ISSN: 1569-9838
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Abstract

This paper examines the process and mechanism of conversational repair in spoken Hong Kong Cantonese. Levelt calls for accounts of conversational repair from diverse languages; this paper helps test his supposition that “the organization of repair is quite invariant across languages and cultures” (1989: 497). The paper also raises the hypothesis that personal and contextual factors are crucial variables which determinewhich type of repair will be socially acceptable (and therefore prominent) in a particular conversationalsetting.

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2000-01-01
2025-04-18
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