An Introduction to The National Language Research Institute: A Sketch of its Achievements
Third Edition(1988)/ HTML Version(1997)

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II.1.20 Aspects of Text and Context - An Analysis of Conversational Texts

(Report 92, 1987. 226 pages)
This report summarizes the results of research related to conversational behaviour which was carried out with support from the Ministry of Education Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (1978-1980) under the title "An Experimental Sociolinguistic Study on Conversational Behaviour." For this research we selected "casual conversations" from the various contexts where linguistic behaviour emerges and analyzed and described linguistic expressions and non-verbal behaviour from a variety of viewpoints, based on data from recordings and videotapes of the major aspects of the behaviour involved in casual conversation. The present report is composed of 3 parts: I Theoretical Aspects, II Analysis and III Data. Part I gives an overview of the theory and methods used in previous general discourse research. Part II consists of an analysis of a part of the actual conversational behavioural data (given in Part III). The overall contents and authors for this report were as follows. Objectives of the Present Research (EGAWA Kiyosi) I Theory 1. 1 Remarks on Discourse Analysis (MINAMI Huzio) 1. 2 History of Research on Discourse Analysis (TANAKA Nozomu) 1. 3 Problems with the Compilation and Representation of Conversational Text Data (MINAMI Huzio and EGAWA Kiyosi) II Analysis 2. 1 Research Methodology (EGAWA Kiyosi) 2. 2 Utterance Sequences and Transitions (SUGITO Seizyu) 2. 3 Pause and Intonation (SUGITO Miyoko) 2. 4 Tone of Voice and Articulation (SAWAKI Motoei) 2. 5 Networks of Communication (YONEDA Masato) 2. 6 Manifestation of Gestures and Body Movements (EGAWA Kiyosi) 2. 7 Future Areas of Research (SUGITO Seizyu) III Data

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