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Types Patterns
Factors Explanation
SI OI
S R
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S R
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A B
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order to emphasize his utterance.
75.
T: Were paying too much You have countries in
NATO, I think its 28 countries.
√ √
√ Trump elaborates his words by
adding information that is needed. Here, he initiates a self-
initiated self-repair in the conversation. He presents the
information by mentioning the exact numbers of countries in
NATO.
76.
T: You have countries in NATO that are
getting a free ride and its unfair, its very
unfair. √
√ √
By specifies his words in the conversation, Trump is doing a
self-initiated self-repair. Here, he adds an adverb to emphasize
his opinion about other countries position in NATO.
77.
T: You dont have Germany talking about
Ukraine. You dont have many of the countries in
NATO talking about - its always us. Were always
the first one out. √
√ √
Trump exemplifies his words before he generalizes his
utterance in the conversation. Here, he adds the information in
the context. He talks about how other countries contribute to the
nuclear problem in NATO. In this case, the type of the repair
is self-initiated self-repair.
78.
T: We have very big problems in our
country. Very, very big problems.
√ √
√ In order to emphasizing his
utterance, Trump modifies his words by repeating the same
adverb twice. Here, he initiates a self-initiated self-repair.
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Types Patterns
Factors Explanation
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79.
A: Weve got to pause weve got to take a quick
break. √
√ √
Trump does a self-initiated self- repair by completing the words
that he would like to utter. He initiates a repair because he
pauses and gets blank in the middle of his utterance.
80.
T: Im bringing millions - the biggest story in all of
politics worldwide right now - and I think you
might agree to this, is whats happened.
√ √
√
Initially, he would like to talk about his achievement to
persuade millions people to come and vote for him in the
election. However, he simply abandons the words and starts
with another new utterance.
81.
T: I dont do - I would have never done what he
