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 determine which type of repair will be socially acceptable (and therefore prominent) in a particular conversational setting.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 205-225 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Journal of Asian Pacific Communication |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2000 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Communication
- General Business, Management and Accounting
- Economics and Econometrics