DIAS, Joseph V.    Department   Aoyama Gakuin University  Department of English, College of Literature    Position   Professor
Language	English
Publication Date	1989/08
Type	Other
Title	Misunderstandings and their repair among married couples: A pilot exploration
Contribution Type	Collaboration
Journal	コロンビア大学ティーチャーズ・カレッジ MA Thesis
Author and coauthor	Dias, Joseph Unosawa, Kazuko
Details	This is a descriptive study, employing a conversation analysis framework, of instances of misunderstanding－and their repair－in married couples. Nine married couples (some of them the same nationality and others in international marriages) were asked to record dinnertime conversations over the course of a week and then submit them to the researchers. Misunderstandings were seen broadly as A) disagreements (or, in their strong form, arguments), or B) "mistaken" interpretations of an interlocutor's utterances, as determined by subsequent or prior discourse. Self-initiated or other-initiated repair was described and analyzed along with direct or indirect styles of repair.