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On the Discourse Construction Attitude of Japanese Compared with Chinese and Korean － An Exploration of How Models Can Explain Differences in Ways of Thinking and Expression－
日本硏究
2019,
(50), pp.65-88
Publisher : The Center for Japanese Studies
Research Area : Japanese Language and Literature
Publisher : The Center for Japanese Studies
Research Area : Japanese Language and Literature
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This paper discusses the Discourse Construction Attitude of the Japanese, compared with that of Korean and Chinese people. The authors define Discourse Construction Attitude as an unconscious conventional posture in speaking in that language, including the way the speaker and the listener’s view of the situation surrounding them becomes the basis of a mindset. Discourse Construction Attitude determines how a speaker chooses to express him- or herself, affecting the selection of content and vocabulary, as well as sentence and discourse development. In Japanese Discourse Construction Attitude, the speaker and the listener stand separate; the speaker is conscious of the surrounding environment; and the speaker sees the object and, at the same time, the listener’s perception of that object. The listener, on the other hand, sees the speaker and the speaker’s perception of the object, a structural pattern known as the Ternary Relationship. In Korean Discourse Construction Attitude, the speaker and the listener stand separate; the speaker is less conscious of the speaker and the listener’s surroundings; the speaker and the listener see each other and the speaker focuses their attention on the listener in the conversation. In Chinese Discourse Construction Attitude, speaker and place are perceived as a whole; the speaker is conscious of the listener as a character in that place; the speaker constructs the discourse using explicit language without thinking about the listener; and the listener understands the speaker’s discourse from the speaker’s point of view.
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