Conversational dominance and gender : a study of Japanese speakers in first and second language contexts / Hiroko Itakura.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Itakura, Hiroko.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., v. 89.

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., v. 89

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese language--Discourse analysis.

Japanese language.

Japanese language--Sex differences.

Dominance (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 227 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book investigates the notion of conversational dominance in depth, and seeks to establish a systematic method of analysing it. It also offers a new insight into the role of gender and the pragmatic transfer of conversational norms in the first and second language conversations among native speakers of Japanese.Drawing upon a critical synthesis of insights from several different fields, including Conversation Analysis, the Birmingham school of discourse analysis, and dialogical analysis, the author proposes an innovative analytical framework for operationalising the concept of dominance in conversation. She then applies this framework to the empirical analysis of Japanese speakers' L1 and L2 conversations, finding direct evidence for the important role of gender and pragmatic transfer in conversational dominance.By integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches to discourse analysis, the author offers a new perspective into the pragmatic transfer of conversational norms. She does so by demonstrating how the notion of self-oriented and other-oriented conversational styles and strategies can affect the level of transfer of interactional behaviour differently for male and female speakers.

Contents:

Conversational Dominance and Gender

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of tables

Transcription notation

List of abbreviations

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Gender,dominance and pragmatic transfer

Chapter 3 Analysing conversational dominance

Chapter 4 Empirical study

Chapter 5 Dimensions of conversational dominance

Chapter 6 Conversational dominance,styles,strategies and pragmatic transfer

Appendix 1 Topic sheet

Appendix 2 Number of turns used for quantitative analysis

References

Name index

Subject index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-220) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612162442

9781282162440

1282162446

9789027298102

9027298106

OCLC:

70769089