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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