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Publication details [#35292]

Gyasi Obeng, Samuel. 1992. A phonetic description of some repair sequences in Akan conversation. Text 12 (1) : 59–80.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversational organization | repair | spontaneous discourse | turn-taking

Language as a subject

Akan

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter Mouton

ISBN

0165-4888

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.de/journals/order/en.start.html

Annotation

This paper discusses some repair sequences in Akan natural interactions, arguing that good knowledge about repair offers considerable insight into turn-taking strategies and into conversation management in general.