Repairing the Broken Surface of Talk Managing Problems in Speaking, Hearing, and Understanding in Conversation

Gail Jefferson was one of the founders of the field of Conversation Analysis (CA), known for her innovative methods and notational conventions for transcribing talk.

Jörg Bergmann held positions at various universities in Germany until 2012 when he retired as a full professor of sociology at Bielefeld University. He was one the first scholars to introduce ethnomethodology and conversation analysis to German sociology.

Paul Drew has taught and conducted research in conversation analysis for many years, at the University of York and most recently at Loughborough University, where he is Professor of Conversation Analysis. He has had a number of visiting positions in Europe and the U.S. including most recently at the University of Huddersfield (UK) and Shanxi University, China.

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Introduction: Jefferson's 'Wild Side' of Conversation Analysis by Jörg Bergmann and Paul Drew

1. Notes on Uh
2. Error correction as an interaction resource
3. At first I thought - A normalizing device for extraordinary events
4. The preference for self-correction in the organization of repair in conversation (with E.Schegloff and H.Sacks)
5. On the poetics of ordinary talk
6. What's in a 'nyem'?
7. The abominable 'Ne?' An exploration of post-response pursuit of response
8. On exposed and embedded correction in conversation
9. Remarks on 'non-correction' in conversation
10. Colligation as a device for minimizing repair or disagreement
11. A note on resolving ambiguity
12. Remarks on the post-self-correction repeat
13. Preliminary notes on abdicated other correction

Index