In Pursuit of Alignment and Affiliation: The Practice of Anchoring Shared Knowledge in Japanese Conversation

Autor/in	Kaneyasu, Michiko
Titel	In Pursuit of Alignment and Affiliation: The Practice of Anchoring Shared Knowledge in Japanese Conversation
Quelle	In: Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 58 (2021) 2, S.93-112 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kaneyasu, Michiko)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0163-853X
DOI	10.1080/0163853X.2020.1816400
Schlagwörter	Japanese; Interpersonal Communication; Epistemology; Discourse Analysis; Correlation; Interpersonal Relationship; Telecommunications; Computational Linguistics; Interaction Process Analysis; Speech Acts; Communication Strategies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Japaner; Japanisch; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Erkenntnistheorie; Diskursanalyse; Korrelation; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Telekommunikationstechnik; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Prozessanalyse; Sprechakt; Kommunikationsstrategie
Abstract	Conversational interactants rely on each other to cooperate with ongoing actions and activities both structurally (alignment) and affectively (affiliation). They monitor one another's cooperative behaviors to detect any (potential) problems in alignment and affiliation. The present study describes one interactional strategy Japanese speakers use to deal with detected problems in three nonmain sequences (i.e., side, preexpansion, and postexpansion sequences). In the practice I call anchoring shared knowledge, the action (or activity) initiator uses the utterance-final "desho" to request ratification of shared knowledge from the recipient. Positioning of this request relative to the main action makes the "desho"-speaker's action interpretable to the recipient as seeking alignment to and affiliation with the main action. The study demonstrates (a) the interactants' constant attention to alignment and affiliation, (b) their orientation to the relevance of local practices to the main action or activity, and (c) the complex interrelationships between epistemics, actions, and social relations. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01