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An analysis of Japanese conversation in interview context

Aizuchi or short utterance, and responses are some of the Japanese linguistic features. Each of them holds significant meaning and functions from the listener to the speaker. Therefore, this paper aims to analyze the occurrence of Aizuchi, short utterance, and responses in the interview context by J...

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Main Authors: Shariff, Muhammad Haikal, Mamat, Roslina, Abdul Halim, Hazlina
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Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2016
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spelling my.upm.eprints.503812017-02-28T05:37:29Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50381/ An analysis of Japanese conversation in interview context Shariff, Muhammad Haikal Mamat, Roslina Abdul Halim, Hazlina Aizuchi or short utterance, and responses are some of the Japanese linguistic features. Each of them holds significant meaning and functions from the listener to the speaker. Therefore, this paper aims to analyze the occurrence of Aizuchi, short utterance, and responses in the interview context by Japanese native speakers. By using 15 episodes of Easy Japanese videos, the study found a few types of Aizuchi, short utterance, and responses produced by the interviewee in the interview conversation. From the data, it was found that Aizuchi (hai), short utterances (hai), and responses (hai) occurred the most in interviewees’ utterances. Each hai held significant functions to maintain the naturalness of Japanese conversations. It also indicates that the term hai are frequently used in the Japanese conversation regardless of the context. The findings showed that Aizuchi, short responses and responses occur in the Japanese conversation in the interview context. In addition, the use of the term hai also extensively occurred in the conversation either as the Aizuchi, short response or response. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50381/1/An%20analysis%20of%20Japanese%20conversation%20in%20interview%20context.pdf Shariff, Muhammad Haikal and Mamat, Roslina and Abdul Halim, Hazlina (2016) An analysis of Japanese conversation in interview context. Journal of Language and Communication, 3 (2). pp. 181-194. ISSN 2289-649X http://www.fbmk.upm.edu.my/sp/page/2861/jlc_bm
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description Aizuchi or short utterance, and responses are some of the Japanese linguistic features. Each of them holds significant meaning and functions from the listener to the speaker. Therefore, this paper aims to analyze the occurrence of Aizuchi, short utterance, and responses in the interview context by Japanese native speakers. By using 15 episodes of Easy Japanese videos, the study found a few types of Aizuchi, short utterance, and responses produced by the interviewee in the interview conversation. From the data, it was found that Aizuchi (hai), short utterances (hai), and responses (hai) occurred the most in interviewees’ utterances. Each hai held significant functions to maintain the naturalness of Japanese conversations. It also indicates that the term hai are frequently used in the Japanese conversation regardless of the context. The findings showed that Aizuchi, short responses and responses occur in the Japanese conversation in the interview context. In addition, the use of the term hai also extensively occurred in the conversation either as the Aizuchi, short response or response.
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author Shariff, Muhammad Haikal
Mamat, Roslina
Abdul Halim, Hazlina
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Mamat, Roslina
Abdul Halim, Hazlina
An analysis of Japanese conversation in interview context
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Mamat, Roslina
Abdul Halim, Hazlina
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title An analysis of Japanese conversation in interview context
title_short An analysis of Japanese conversation in interview context
title_full An analysis of Japanese conversation in interview context
title_fullStr An analysis of Japanese conversation in interview context
title_full_unstemmed An analysis of Japanese conversation in interview context
title_sort analysis of japanese conversation in interview context
publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
publishDate 2016
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50381/1/An%20analysis%20of%20Japanese%20conversation%20in%20interview%20context.pdf
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