‘Concessive repair’: A linguistic practice for retracting overstatements

Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth; Thompson, Sandra A.

doi:10.1075/sidag.17.14cou

In:Syntax and Lexis in Conversation: Studies on the use of linguistic resources in talk-in-interaction
Edited by Auli Hakulinen and Margret Selting
[Studies in Discourse and Grammar 17] 2005
► pp. 257–288

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A linguistic practice for retracting overstatements

‘Concessive repair’

Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen | University of Potsdam

Sandra A. Thompson | University of California, Santa Barbara

Published online: 28 September 2005

https://doi.org/10.1075/sidag.17.14cou

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