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me. Okay? And you saw
that she
did that. She was grabbing
me. Twice. completely new utterance. The
bold parts refer to the parts in which showing the repaired and
the repairing segment. Here, Trump constructs a clearer
intention in his utterance.
10.
T: You just take a look –
you just take a look at whats going on.
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Because of the words blank, Trump initiates a repair as well
as resolves the trouble right away by completing the
utterance
„you just take a look‟ in his utterance. This is one of
the examples of self-initiated self-repair.
11.
T: I would have loved to have fired
– it would have been much easier
than talking to you about this all night long. Id
rather talk about the issues, to be honest.
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Trumps initiates a self-initiated self-repair in his utterance.
Here, he hesitates whether he would like to continue his
words or not. In the end, he abandons his previous words
and starts with a completely new utterance.
12.
T: She had a tremendous
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Trump modifies his utterance by
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substance abuse problem and Im very
– Tara, Im very, very proud of her
adding the adverb „very‟ in his
new utterance. He pauses before saying the complete utterance.
Here, he initiates self-initiated self-repair because he makes the
trouble and also resolves it.
13.
T: Im very, very proud of her. Im very proud of
the job she did.
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By specifying his words, Trump is initiating a self-initiated self-
repair. The previous utterance is unclear for the audience. He
says that he is very proud of his daughter, but he does not
mention the reason why he is proud. In the end, he says
„the job she did
‟ as the reason.
14.
T: I think I am alone because I know my
competition. Look, I know my competition.
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Trump makes a self-initiated self-repair by repeating his
words. Here, he simply says the same words twice to the
audience.
15.
A: But, I mean, theres problems in a lot of
different countries, problems in the United
States.
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By saying „problems in the
United States ‟, Trump actually
resolves the problem that occurred in the conversation.
Here, he gives an example that explains his previous utterance
in order to complete the information. Before that, he
initiates the problem in the beginning of his words. In this
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case, because he makes and also solves the problem only by
himself, the type of repair is called as self-initiated self-
repair.
16.
T: One of the very, very big issues. I
