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with radical Islam whether we like it or
we dont. We have a president who wont
talk about it. I mean, Ted was saying
the same thing. We have a president who
wont talk about it. as resolves a repair occurring in
the conversation. He is doing so for emphasizing the utterance to
the audience. The type of the repair is called as a self-initiated
self-repair.
38.
T: We have a serious problem, I think youll
admit that, Brian. We have a very, very serious
problem with radical Islam, and if we dont want
to discuss it, and if we dont want to look at it,
were never going to solve the problem.
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Actually, there is nothing wrong in Trump
‟s first utterance. However, he modifies his
utterance by adding the adverb „very‟ in his next statement.
Here, he tries to emphasize his utterance. He is doing a self-
initiated self-repair.
39.
T: We have to be extremely strong with
ISIS. We have to wipe ISIS off the face of the
Earth so fast and so violently we have no
choice. We have no choice.
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Trump initiates a self-initiated self-repair in the conversation.
By elaborating his words, he tries to make his utterance
clearer for the audience. Initially, he just says how to
deal with ISIS
‟ existence. Then, he elaborates his words by
saying some ways to get rid ISIS from the planet.
40.
T: We have to be
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By repeating his same words,
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extremely strong with ISIS. We have to wipe
ISIS off the face of the Earth so fast and so
violently we have no choice. We have no
choice. Trump initiates and resolves the
repair done by himself. He repeats his words to emphasize
his opinion about ISIS ‟ threat.
41.
A: The other, though, part of Lieutenant Murphys
question was about protecting the rights of
minority groups, of Muslims, or Sikhs, of
Jews, and others inside the United States...
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By mentioning some minority groups in the United States,
Trump initiates a self-initiated self-repair. Here, he mentions
the minority groups in order to give the audience clearer
information regarding which some minority groups he is
talking about.
42.
T: I want to do that also, and I do want to do that,
but I at the same time we have to recognize we have
a serious problem.
√ √
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Trump initiates a self-initiated self-repair by modifying his
words. Initially, he only says „I
want to do that also, ‟ but then
he adds the auxiliary verb „do‟
in the next utterance „I do want
to do that ‟. Here, the auxiliary
„do‟ is used to give extra force to the main verb.
43.
A: Let me follow up on that. You said you agreed,
