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Western and Japanese Discourse Style in a Consensus-Building Task Discussion
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Hirabayashi, Haruma; Long, Christopher – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2011
The current study analyzes discourse style differences between western and Japanese interlocutors in a group consensus-building task discussion. Four discussants (American male, Japanese male, German female and Japanese female) first created a ranking of 5 life values and then participated in a group discussion to arrive at a common group ranking.…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Discourse Modes, Discourse Analysis, Asians