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Nakamura, Kanae – ProQuest LLC, 2009
While the predicate-final structure of the Japanese language has been considered one of the main causes of its late projectability (Tanaka, 1999), this study demonstrates that the final predicate component of a "turn constructional unit" (TCU) furnishes a useful resource for conversational participants to negotiate various aspects of interaction.…
Descriptors: Syntax, Linguistics, Interaction, Japanese
Maynard, Senko K. – 1986
The casual conversation of six pairs of Japanese and six pairs of American colleges students was analyzed for evidence of two related aspects of conversation management: the linguistic characteristics of utterance units and back-channel strategies. Utterance units are defined as those occurring between identifiable pauses or breaks in tempo.…
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis, English