Abstract

This article finds empirical evidence of second language (L2) interactional competence (IC) and its development by focusing on one of the interactional practices: self-repairing. Compared to prior repair IC studies which mainly have explored how L2 speakers deal with evident L2-related troubles in conversation, this study focuses on cases in which they deploy self-repair when there are no such linguistic problems in previous talk, taking Mauranen’s (2006) dichotomy between retroactive and proactive self-repairs. After analyzing the conversation by L2 speakers with different oral proficiency, this study discovers whereas novice and intermediate speakers self-repair for correcting what is lexically or grammatically problematic, advanced speakers deploy self-repair mostly for pre-empting possible misunderstandings. Advanced speakers replace the previous items into words that are specific in the meaning range by fine-tuning the level of ‘granularity’ (Schegloff 2000) to avoid ambiguity and further other-initiated repair. The findings suggest that the development of L2 IC involves speakers’ ability to detect potential problems in the eyes of the recipients and replace them in advance.

中文翻译：

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积极主动的自我修复成为L2 IC开发的指标

摘要

本文通过关注以下一种交互实践：自我修复，找到了第二语言（L2）交互能力（IC）及其发展的经验证据。与以前的维修IC研究相比，该研究主要探讨了L2说话者如何处理与L2相关的明显麻烦，该研究的重点是在以前的谈话中没有此类语言问题的情况下他们进行自我修复的情况，以Mauranen's（2006 ）追溯性和主动性自我修复之间的二分法。在分析了具有不同口语水平的二语演讲者的谈话之后，本研究发现，尽管新手和中级演讲者会进行自我修复以纠正词汇或语法上的问题，但高级演讲者会进行自我修复，主要是为了避免可能的误解。高级说话者通过微调“粒度”的级别（Schegloff 2000）来避免含糊不清和其他修复措施，从而将前面的项目替换为含义范围内的特定单词。研究结果表明，L2 IC的开发涉及说话者检测收件人眼中潜在问题并提前更换它们的能力。