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going to happen anyway. repair by repeating the exact
words „It‟s going to happen,
anyway.‟ Here, he tries to emphasize the words he says in
order to deliver his idea to the audience.
27.
T: Wouldnt you rather have Japan, perhaps,
theyre over there, theyre very close, theyre
very fearful of North Korea, and were
supposed to protect.
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Trump creates a trouble by saying
„they‟re over there‟. For the audience who do not know
the context, of course it is problematic because of the
unclear intention. Trump then resolves the trouble that he
creates by elaborating his words. He adds the information
that is needed in order to make his utterance is clearer. Here, he
talks about why Japan should have its own weapons.
28.
T: I think that - you know, when I hear
Obama get up and say the biggest threat to the
world today is global warming, I say, is this guy
kidding?
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Here, Trump has an unclear intention whether he will
continue his words or simply abandon it. The words
„you know
‟ becomes a transition before Trump abandons his
previous utterance. Initially, he says
„I think that‟ before he abandons the words. Then, he
starts a new utterance by saying a thing related to President
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Obama ‟s opinion regarding the
biggest threat to the world right now. In this case, Trump is
doing a self-initiated self-repair.
29.
T: The only global warming pause the only
global warming Im worried about is nuclear
global warming because thats the single biggest
threat.
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In the conversation, Trump pauses because he gets blank.
Trump initiates a problem in the beginning of his utterance. After
he stops, then continues his words by repeating the same
utterance as an action to solve the problem. The bold parts
represent the repaired and the repairing segments.
30.
T: So its not that Im a
fan - we cant afford it anymore.
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In the conversation, Trump abandons his words. Here, he
initiates a repair. Then he resolves it right away by
starting a whole new utterance. He prevents a misunderstanding
which may occur if he continued his previous words.
31.
A: So you have no security concerns
…
T: Were using all of
the money… A:
… about Japan or South Korea getting
nuclear weapons? T: Anderson, when
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Anderson initiates a repair by asking a question related to
Japan and South Korea nuclear weapons and Trump resolves it
by elaborating his explanation. The purpose of the repair here is
to prevent a misunderstanding that can be caused by the host
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you see all of the money that our
country is spending on military, were not
spending it for ourselves; were
protecting all of these nations all over the
world. We cant afford to do it anymore.
question. This type of repair is called other-initiated self-repair.
Where Anderson as the other- party initiates a repair and
Trump here who is called as self, repairs it.
32.
A: After saying that you were going to spill
