Correction

Definition

Used when: the source argument indicates an intent to correct mis-speaking in the target argument. The hearer, who may also be the speaker, believes that the speaker has not said what they actually intended to say.

Examples

(182) A: My other son is just as happy as a bed bug.
(183) B: A clam.
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(183) -- Correction --> (182)

B believes A intended to use the idiom "happy as a clam" but mis-spoke and said "happy as a bed bug" instead.

(4) Engineer: Gold Gate and Cities of Abandon.
(5) Pilot: Which one?
(6) Engineer: Cities oh I'm sorry Cliffs.
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(6) -- Correction --> (4)

In (6), the Engineer corrects their previous utterance in (4), prompted by the pilots non-understanding in (5).