Sep 2026· Chinese Language and Discourse. An International and Interdisciplinary Journal· Vol 17, pp. 196-224· 2 citations· 26 references
Abstract
Research on conversational repairs in adult–child interaction focuses
mainly on repairs as conversational skills or as part of a scaffolding process. This study
integrated both through a longitudinal investigation of Mandarin mother–child interaction
between four mother–child (2–3 years old) dyads, studying the repair types, linguistic
levels, and maternal scaffolding strategies. The results showed that self-initiated
self-repair (SISR) increased over time, whereas other-initiated self-repair (OISR) and
other-initiated other-repair (OIOR) decreased. Moreover, a close relationship was observed
between repair strategy and the linguistic level of the trouble source: morpho-syntactic,
pragmatic, and lexico-semantic repairs were most frequent in SISR, OISR, and OIOR,
respectively. Furthermore, the mothers adjusted their level of support through the
strategic use of repair initiations and corrections. The findings suggest that children
gradually develop the ability to monitor both their own speech and that of others and that
mothers actively facilitate this through adaptive scaffolding strategies.
This study explores the link between repairs and gestures in children's speech. Although (dis)fluency markers (repetitions, filled/silent pauses, repairs) are common in
typically developing
children's speech (
Lickley, 2017
), many studies focused on adults’ repairs (
Penttilä et al., 2022
;
Roberts et al.,...
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