Repair work in the context of English language mediated computer interface use: A conversation analytic study.

The main aim in this study is to develop an understanding of how repair work is managed in the intertwining of activities and actions with talk and language. By doing this, the richness of the concept of repair in interactional studies is shown. The core work concentrates on exploring repair work in the context of participants solving interactional troubles in their activities. Many types of resources are potentially available in any situation, from the physical features of tools to the cultural context. In this study the interest lies especially in the more complicated artifacts which also offer the English language as a resource. The computer interface use context was chosen to show how narrowly traditional research has seen repair work.