A CONVERSATION ANALYSIS OF REPAIR IN ANDERSON COOPER 360: DONALD TRUMP, CNN MILWAUKEE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL TOWN HALL EPISODE

Abstract

This research is aimed at identifying the types of repair employed by the participants in the talk show Anderson Cooper 360: Donald Trump, CNN Milwaukee Republican Presidential Town Hall Episode, explaining the patterns of repair completion uttered by the participants in the talk show, and describing the factors which initiate the repair in the talk show. The findings of this research were presented in narrative or textual description because the research employed a descriptive qualitative method. In order to establish the reliability of data, this research applied triangulation techniques. The results of the research are as follows. (1) Only two out of four types were found in the research, they were self-initiated self-repair and other initiated self-repair. (2) Only eight out of ten patterns were found in the research including replacement, modification, abandonment, reorganization, specification, elaboration, exemplification, and rewording. In addition, the researcher also could find two other patterns in the talk show. They were repetition and completion. (3) In the talk show, there were ten factors initiating repairs i.e. misheard utterance, misunderstanding, unclear intention, changes in the discussed topic, attempt to take a floor, blank ideas, attempt to give details, emphasis on a statement, wrong choice constituent, and incorrect information delivery. Each factor which emerged in the conversation carried a certain aim that was uttered by the speakers.

Keywords: conversation analysis, repair, Anderson Cooper 360: Donald Trump, CNN Milwaukee Republican Presidential Town Hall Episode