Collaborative formation of conversational narratives : Narrative as a theory-building activity

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  • NISHIKAWA Reiko
    University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures

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  • 日常会話に起こるナラティブの協働形成 : 理論構築活動としてのナラティブ
  • ニチジョウ カイワ ニ オコル ナラティブ ノ キョウドウケイセイ リロン コウチク カツドウ ト シテ ノ ナラティブ

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This study examines how a conversational narrative is formed by the participants of the narrative. To date, narrative studies tend to presuppose that the teller (s) tells a story and the recipient (s) understands the story as the typical organization of the participant roles in the interaction. Without limiting the assumption of the participant roles in this organization, this study looks at aspects of collaboration among the participants. For the analysis, I employ the framework proposed by Ochs et al. (1992), who demonstrated in their analysis of American middleclass Caucasian family narratives that narrative activities are what they called "theory-building activities." This involves three properties: 1) an explanatory component, 2) a challengeability component, and 3) a redrafting component. Following Ochs et al. (1992), the present study examines a Japanese peer conversational narrative, and suggests a possible approach toward the interactional aspects of narrative construction.

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