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conversational repair

conversational repair Conversational repair is the back-and-forth people use to deal with misunderstanding in an interaction so they can keep or restore shared understanding.

Conversational repair is the back-and-forth people use to deal with misunderstanding in an interaction so they can keep or restore shared understanding. It reflects how meaning is worked out together when something said is unclear, misheard, or interpreted differently.

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Drafting source: Goddard Alex; Gillespie Alex. Conversational repairs on Reddit: Widely initiated but often uncompleted. 2025; DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0316618; article XML SHA-256 82a40f34ad7fbc5846f6656acc7dfa6d16b41edf4d5ebba7c3117517028c801e. “Conversational repairs on Reddit: Widely initiated but often uncompleted” (10.1371/journal.pone.0316618).
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