or Sikhs, of Jews, and others inside the United States... datum 41
In the case above, Anderson as the host tries to recall the question proposed by the audience. The question is related to the rights of minority groups
in USA to have a protection from the official government. Here, Anderson says „minority groups‟ which is followed by the example of the minority group itself
like Muslims, Sikhs, Jews, and others.
h. Rewording
Rewording as one of the patterns in repair completion aims to introduce new words to replace the old message in the previous utterance. Unlike the
replacement, in rewording the new words that are used will not change the meaning of the utterance. The researcher found some examples in the talk show
Anderson Cooper 360: Donald Trump , CNN Milwaukee Republican Presidential
Town Hall Episode as follows.
Trump: Now, that doesnt mean it cant be rejiggered and it cant be fixed and made good or
– datum 74 Trump talks about NATO where many people said that the organization is
obsolete in the present day. Here, he initially says „it can’t be rejiggered‟ then he rewords it to „it can’t be fixed‟ which are still synonymous with the previous word.
The repair is done in order to emphasize his utterance. Another example of rewording pattern also can be seen in the discussion below.
Trump: No, I dont know what rules - OK, I dont know, I dont think - I dont call it a ground game. I call it bad politics. datum 93
Trump rewords the word „think‟ into „call‟ which is synonymous. Here, both words can be translated as
„consider‟ in the context. Trump and Anderson are talking about the campaign rule that is done by the politicians.
i. Others
Besides all of the eight patterns above the researcher also found two others patterns as well; repetition and completion in the talk show. The explanation in
details can be seen in the discussion below.
1 Repetition
As its name suggests, repetition is done by the speakers in the conversation by repeating the words uttered. The researcher found several
examples of repetition patterns in the talk show Anderson Cooper 360: Donald Trump
, CNN Milwaukee Republican Presidential Town Hall Episode as follows.
Trump: I think I am alone because I know my competition. Look, I know my competition. datum14
The trouble lies in speaker ‟s mind; he makes a self -initiated self-repair by
repeating his words. Here, he simply says the same words twice to the audience. In the example, he talks about a tweet that he sent about the death toll in Pakistan
and he declares himself as the one who can solve the problem. The researcher also provided another example of repetition pattern in the next page.
Trump: Many of them I do. Many of them I do, and some, I guess, we
dont. Some, I guess, we dont. datum 47 Trump is caught on doing a repetition in his utterance. Here, he simply says
those exact words twice. In this case, he says the utterance in order to respond a question whether he trusts Muslims in America or not. By repeating the words,
there is a possibility that Trump tries to convince the audience about his point of
view related to Muslims lived in America. Similar with the previous examples, the upcoming datum is also still showing a repetition occurs in the talk show.
Trump: You know, nobody wants to call it a war - excuse me. Nobody wants to call it a war. Its a war. Theres a war. datum 49
Being asked about special patrols in Muslim neighborhoods as an
anticipation of terror attack makes Trump needs to repeat his words when he tries to give the audience his opinion. In the example, you can clearly see that Trump
says the words „nobody wants to call it a war‟ twice in order to emphasize his utterance.
2 Completion
Participants in the talk show Anderson Cooper 360: Donald Trump, CNN Milwaukee Republican Presidential Town Hall Episode
also do another pattern of repair called completion. Completion is having a function to complete the
utterance that is said by the speakers in the conversation. The researcher compiled several examples show completion pattern in the talk show.
Trump: You just take a look – you just take a look at whats going on.
datum 10 Trump initiates a repair as well as resolves the trouble right away by
completing the utterance „you just take a look….‟ in his utterance. Here, Trump and Anderson are talking about Trump‟s leadership skills while Trump seems to
avoid this topic in the conversation. Another completion pattern can be seen in the example as follows.
Anderson : So just to follow-
up, though…
Trump : And thats a pretty pause thats a pretty sad commentary. datum 61
In the example, Trump and Anderson are talking about the US army which becomes weaker. Here, Anderson initiates a trouble while Trumps resolves the
trouble by completing his utterance in the conversation. Completion sometimes occurs after the speaker is stopping hisher sentence for a while.
3. Factors Initiating Repair in Anderson Cooper 360: Donald Trump, CNN
