misunderstanding about this issue. He says that he seems agree with the policy because it will not burden the United States anymore. He tries to convince that
this issue will give the advantages to the country.
c. Unclear intention
Every speaker in the conversation is expected to provide clear information. This is a must in order to avoid an unclear intention that potentially occurred in a
conversation. The researcher found some examples where the repair completion is made because of an unclear intention.
Anderson : Your campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski charged with simple battery for grabbing a reporter by the arm. Will he
continue as your campaign manager? Trump
: Yes, he will. I looked at the tape. I looked - it was my tape. It was at one of my places. datum 1
Trump initiates a repair by himself in the middle of the conversation. In this repair, he specifies his words when he was talking about the tape that showed
his campaign manager accused for grabbing a reporter because the previous words seemed unclear regarding which tape that he was talking about. He repairs his
words with saying „it was my tape‟. Another datum is also presented in the following discussion.
Trump : Im very, very proud of her. Im very proud of the job she did.
datum 13 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. The researcher also found another example as can be seen as follows:
Anderson : Thats what you said to The New York Times. You said you worried about the proliferation of nuclear weapons
the most. datum 17
Anderson makes a repair by specifying his words. In the beginning, he only says „what you said‟. Then, he resolves the problem by saying „you worried
about the proliferation of nuclear weapons the most ‟. The utterance has a function
to make a clearer utterance regarding the previous words that he proposes. Another example is presented in the following utterance.
Trump : We are supporting them, militarily, and pay us a
fraction, a fraction of what they should be paying us and of the cost. datum 21
In the case above, Trump initiates a repair by saying „and pay us a fraction‟
in the conversation. After that, he specifies the fraction that he means by saying „a
fraction of what they should be paying us and of the cost ‟. He describes further
about the fraction he is talking about. Because of the previous words seem unclear for the audience
d. Others
