Negotiating Agreement and Disagreement in Japanese
Subtitle: Connective Expressions and Turn Construction (Studies in Discourse and Grammar)
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
Published: September 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781556193743
Subjects: Linguistics (Specific Aspects); Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language; Japanese; Linguistics; General; Connectives; Discourse analysis; Japanese Language
Description: "On the basis of the meticulous transcription observation process of 'Conversation Analysis', this book observes recurrent patterns in sequences where Japanese speakers negotiate agreement and disagreement. It contributes to the growing body of research on interaction and grammar by examining how linguistic recourses are utilized for constructing turns and anticipating the upcoming course of interaction. More specifically, it focuses on the recurrent use of two structurally different types of connective expressions, clause-initial connectives and clause-final connective particles. The study examines the occurrences of these causal and contrastive markers with reference to their sequential environment and the resulting interaction."--BOOK JACKET.