A Study on Interruptions in the Conversations: To Demonstrate the Features of the Conver sation between Japanese Native Speakers and Chinese Japanese Learners LIU Jiajun This study aims to investigate the features of interruptions in small group conversations by Japanese native speakers (JNSs) and Chinese Japanese learners (CJLSs). This study will demonstrate the features of interruptions from the point of view of position and function. The position of interruption was classified into at the beginning of turn, subject, predicate, and dependent clause. And the function of interruption was classified into interruption in the floor of the previous speaker that includes supplementation, comment, question and preoccupation, and interruption which creates a new floor that refers to a new topic. The participants of each group were two Japanese native speakers and two Chinese Japanese learners. The topics of the discussion were What should you study in the graduate level? and How about the life at the graduate level? The final results indicate that, (1) From position of interruption, it shows that interruption in subject was 20.00% and in predicate was 65.45% by the JNSs. Clearly the interruption concentrated on the predicate. On the other hand, the interruption by the CJLSs was 35.62% in subject and 43.83% in predicate. The interruption concentrated on both positions. (2) From function of interruption, there were high frequencies of the interruption in the floor of the previous speaker (it refers to comment, question and preoccupation ) by the JNSs. Inter- 1
24 2012 rupter tended to share the floor with the previous speaker via the interruption. On the side of CJLSs, they highly tended to create a new floor through interruption. 1. 19942002 2011 2002 2 2 4 8 2. 2
2. 1 Sacks, Schegloff & Jefferson 1974 1 Tannen1984 comembership 2 2. 2 1994200220111994 2002 3
24 2012 2011 1996 20021996 2002 4
2. 3 3 1 2 3 3 4 3. 3. 1 8 4 32 2 2 20 1 5
24 2012 5 3 1015 IC 510 86 45 3. 2 16 16 16 14 2 909512 85904 14 2 6
12 4 3. 3 1999 m.n h hhhhehhuh hh n 3. 4 7
24 2012 4. 4. 1 5 1996 3 6 2 3 1 1 A 1 8
1 1J2 7 2J1 3C1 heh 4J2 5C2 1J1 2C1 3J2 4C1 1J1 2C1 3J1 4C1 5J1 6C2 7C1 8J1 9C2 10J1 1J2 0.8 2J1 3J2 4J1 h h h h h h h h 5J2 1J1 2C1 3C2 4C1 5C2 6J1 7C2 8J1 9
24 2012 4. 2 1995 2002 5 19952002 Edelsky1981 2002153 158 200687 88 4 3 10
5 2 2 2 2 1J2 2C1 3J2 4C1 5J2 1C2 2J1 h 3C2 1C1 2J2 heh 3C2 11
24 2012 1C2 2J2 3C2 4J2 5C2 1C2 2J2 3C2 1C1 2J2 3C1 4J2 hhhhh 5C1 1J1 2C2 3J1 4J2 4. 3 12
4. 3. 1 8 3 4 5 3 59.09 1120.00 3665.45 35.46 55100 1115.07 2635.62 3243.83 45.48 73100 3 5 9.09 11 20.00 36 65.45 3 5.46 11 15.0726 35.62 32 43.834 5.48 4 1730.911120.00610.911120.00 1018.18 55100 79.59 45.48 68.22 1419.18 4257.53 73100 4 81.82 18.18 30.91 20.00 13
24 2012 20.00 10.91 57.53 42.47 19.18 9.59 8.22 5.48 5 59.09 1120.00 3665.45 35.46 0 0 17 0 0 0 9 2 0 0 6 0 0 7 3 1 5 4 1 0 1115.07 2635.62 3243.83 45.48 0 0 7 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 5 1 0 9 4 1 11 17 13 1 55100 73100 5 11 7 26 14
17 36 17 32 13 4. 3. 2 9.0920.0065.453.46 1 15.0735.6243.83 5.48 2 1 C2 J1 1C2 2J2 3C2 4J2 5C2 3C2 J1 C2 C2 15
24 2012 2 J1 C2 1J1 2C2 3J1 4C2 J1 2C2 J1 1 3 4 3 C2 C1 16
1C2 2J1 3C2 2J1 1C2 C2 3C2 4 J1 C2 1J1 2C2 3J1 4C2 5J1 6C2 1J1 2C2 J1 J1 16 14 17
24 2012 3 5 2 1 6 5 C2 J2 1C2 2J2 3J2 4C1 1C2 2J2 C2 J2 C2 C2 J2 J2 C2 C2 6 J2 J1 18
J2 5C2 1J2 2J1 3J2 4J1 5C2 53 5C2 4J1 J2 4J1 J1 J1 C2 2J1 J2 C2 J1 4. 4 2 4 3 19
24 2012 6 55100 73100 6 2545.45 35.46 2545.45 23.64 2838.36 79.59 3041.09 810.96 13 5 8 2 2 814.55 2 1 2 11 1 11 8 6 3461.82 5 5 5 1 4 5 3 4 1 1323.63 1 4 10 24 7 2838.36 2 7 2 2 10 2 9 6 6 1 3243.83 4 18 3 7 7 3 3 2 1317.81 2 8 1 6 1 45.45 45.45 61.82 20
2 43.83 5. 85 21
24 2012 1 2008 1 2 2006 3 1987 4 1987 5 22
6 2007 7 1 JC 1 1996 6 185 199 2007BTSJ 15 18 B2 1 3 2008 TCU23 2 265 270 2006 2002 11 115 134 1987 68 106 2002153 158 2006 / / 4 42 25 41 1994 8 1 13 199510 13 23 19968 87 106 2002 15 189 210 1999 23
24 2012 2011 19 39 55 Edelsky, C. 1981 Who s got the floor? In Tannen. D. Gender and Conversational Interaction. Chapter 8 pp. 189 227. Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics. Sacks, H., Schegloff, E. A. & Jefferson, G. 1974 A simplest systematics for the organization of turn-taking for conversation, Language, 504, 696 735. Tannen. D. 1984 Analyzing talk among friends. In Conversational Style pp. 171 182. Ablex Pub. Corp. 24