Other-initiated repair as an indicator of critical communication in ship-to-ship interaction
Communication is an essential part of most joint activities, and effective means to identify and rectify misunderstandings are necessary to reach mutual understandings. In the maritime domain, faulty communication is often a contributing cause to ship accidents, potentially putting human lives, vess...
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ftlinnaeusuniv:oai:DiVA.org:lnu-100514 2023-05-15T16:42:01+02:00 Other-initiated repair as an indicator of critical communication in ship-to-ship interaction Boström, Magnus 2021 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-100514 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2021.01.007 eng eng Linnéuniversitetet, Sjöfartshögskolan (SJÖ) Journal of Pragmatics, 0378-2166, 2021, 174, s. 78-92 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-100514 doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2021.01.007 ISI:000641038000007 Scopus 2-s2.0-85100121378 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Misunderstanding Maritime Safety Radio Icebreaker Standard Marine Communication Phrases (SMCP) Transport Systems and Logistics Transportteknik och logistik Communication Studies Kommunikationsvetenskap Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2021 ftlinnaeusuniv https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2021.01.007 2022-11-03T15:54:20Z Communication is an essential part of most joint activities, and effective means to identify and rectify misunderstandings are necessary to reach mutual understandings. In the maritime domain, faulty communication is often a contributing cause to ship accidents, potentially putting human lives, vessels, and the environment at risk. This study explores the use of other-initiated repair in maritime ship-to-ship communication. The purpose is to classify and analyse other-initiated repair and describe the specific practices used to initiate repair and rectify mistakes. Based on an analysis of authentic communication between vessels involved in icebreaker operations, findings indicate that other-initiated repair occurs less frequently in this corpus compared to other corpora of naturally occurring conversations. A possible reason is that radio communication, which is highly structured, has other means to identify communicative errors. More than half of the repair initiations use open requests to identify a trouble turn, and the most common repair solution is a full or partial repeat. Furthermore, maritime radio communication has an inherent slowness due to technical limitations that do not permit simultaneous talk. It is argued this refrains speakers from using long or complex messages, as the listener has no way to indicate trouble until next turn. Article in Journal/Newspaper Icebreaker Linnaeus University Kalmar Växjö: Publications (DiVA) Journal of Pragmatics 174 78 92 |
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Communication is an essential part of most joint activities, and effective means to identify and rectify misunderstandings are necessary to reach mutual understandings. In the maritime domain, faulty communication is often a contributing cause to ship accidents, potentially putting human lives, vessels, and the environment at risk. This study explores the use of other-initiated repair in maritime ship-to-ship communication. The purpose is to classify and analyse other-initiated repair and describe the specific practices used to initiate repair and rectify mistakes. Based on an analysis of authentic communication between vessels involved in icebreaker operations, findings indicate that other-initiated repair occurs less frequently in this corpus compared to other corpora of naturally occurring conversations. A possible reason is that radio communication, which is highly structured, has other means to identify communicative errors. More than half of the repair initiations use open requests to identify a trouble turn, and the most common repair solution is a full or partial repeat. Furthermore, maritime radio communication has an inherent slowness due to technical limitations that do not permit simultaneous talk. It is argued this refrains speakers from using long or complex messages, as the listener has no way to indicate trouble until next turn. |
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Other-initiated repair as an indicator of critical communication in ship-to-ship interaction |
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