Cross-disciplinary Analysis On Women's Repair--From The Perspective Of Gender Differences In Interviews

This study aims to illustrate whether women show a particular pattern in repairing their conversation in interviews. Mainly from Conversation Analytic approach, this thesis mainly conduct the study in the following four aspects: the nature of repair RSC or ROC, which is more typical? The order of frequency in self-initiated and other-initiated repairs in women's talk. The preferred and dispreferred status of different types of repair. The frequency of women's repair compared with that of men's.