Sixth Week

 Situation: It is snowing very hard. A:Is it close? (1) B:No, it is not. (2) See, it is open. (3) A:I mean the road. (4) B:Oh, thought you were askin about the bar (5) Turns

 What do you mean?

  Have you experienced miscommunication in your talk?  What is the cause of miscommunication?  How can we avoid it?  Is it true that good talk must not consist of miscommunication? Miscommunication

 Are these the same?  Misunderstanding  Mishearing  Non-understanding  Not hearing  Misinterpretation  Joking Miscommunication

 ….the process of fixing miscommunication will be referred to as “repair”, ….we will be using “trouble source” to refer to “the cause of miscommunication”. In our discussion,…

 Repair deals with ……  Misunderstanding  Mishearing  Non-understanding  Not hearing  Misinterpretation  Joking Also  Correction  Word search Miscommunication

 1.The cause of miscommunication. 1.Is it far from the repair? 2.How many turns away? 3.Will it be repaired? 2.Who repairs miscommunication? 1.The person who causes it? 2.Everyone else. 3.Is the miscommunication repaired successfully?? Talk analysts look at…

 How does turn-taking lead to repair? A: Which one::s are closed, an which ones are open. Z: Most of’em. This, this, // this, this ((pointing)) A: I’on’t mean on the shelters, I mean on the roads Z: Oh:. 9Conversation Analysis

 Types of Repair Types of repair depend on who initiates and/or completes the repair. Mainly, there are two parties involved in repair 1.The owner of the source (self) 2.Other people in the talk (other) 10Conversation Analysis

 Types of Repair a.Self-initiated self-repair b.Self-initiated other-repair c.Other-initiated self-repair d.Other-initiated other-repair 11Conversation Analysis

 Self-initiated self-repair L:An’ ‘en bud all of the doors’n things were taped up= *L:= I mean y’know they put up y’know that kinda paper’r stuff, **L:the brown paper. 12Conversation Analysis

 Self-initiated self-repair A:…then we went to see Mike uh, oh shit...can’t think of his last name. OH Murphy, yes, right Murphy. 13Conversation Analysis

 Self-initiated self-repair F:….we met Carol on Friday, well she was fine, she sold the house on Lexington Ave and moved to Upper West Side. Oh it was Tuesday actually. 14Conversation Analysis

 Self-initiated self-repair G:The trip was great. It was not hot in Florida at all. H:Great. G:Oh it was not Florida we went but Iowa. 15Conversation Analysis

 Self-initiated other-repair A:He had dis uh Mistuh W-whatever *k-I can’t think of his first name, Watts on, the one thet wrote // that piece, **B:Dan Watts. 16Conversation Analysis

 Other-initiated self-repair * A:Why did I turn out this way? ** B:You mean homosexual? *** A:Yes. 17Conversation Analysis

 Other-initiated self-repair G:Is he sick? H:Who? G:Mark. 18Conversation Analysis

 Other-initiated other-repair *A:I jst graded the students’ work an Tony didn’t pass **B:Tony? No boy named Tony in our class, I guess you’re talking about Tommy. Tommy you know had financial problem so he always skipped the class. A:Eh--yeah 19Conversation Analysis

 Other-initiated other-repair D:The meeting was handled. F:Handled???? It WAS cancelled. D:Did I say “handled”?, yes cancelled. 20Conversation Analysis

 Other-initiated self repair D:Did he get married or anything? H:Huh? D:Did he get married? Revisited:

 F:Worried, lots of pimples. G:Have you ever tried a clinic? F:What? G:Have you ever tried a clinic? Other-initiated self repair

 L:My car is very clean. Mick cleaned it D:Who? L:Mick Other-initiated self repair

 A:I’m goin to Bermuda for a holiday. B:Where? A:Bermuda. Other-initiated self repair

 1.Listen to a conversation among your family members. 2.Roughly transcribe the talk in which repair is found (3 incidences of repair; 2%x3= 6%). 3.Identify the trouble source (1%x3=3%). Describe the nature of the trouble source. 4.Indicate whether it is (1%x3=3%): 1.Self-initiated other-repair, 2.Self-initiated other-repair, 3.Other-initiated self-repair, or 4.Other-initiated other-repair Assignment 2 (15%)

 5.Explain how misunderstanding is solved (1%x3). 6.Put the dialog first, followed by the description in a paragraph format which consists of no. 3-5 above. 7.No of words for each paragraph is 100 words. 8.Due: June 22 nd midnight. Assignment 2 (15%)