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1 L2 Japanese Learners' Development Of L2 Japanese Learners’ Development of Conversational Involvement during Study Abroad: An Analysis of Overlap in Talk-in-Interaction Item Type text; Electronic Dissertation Authors Maruyama, Rie Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 26/09/2021 14:07:23 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/627734 L2 JAPANESE LEARNERS’ DEVELOPMENT OF CONVERSATIONAL INVOLVEMENT DURING STUDY ABROAD: AN ANALYSIS OF OVERLAP IN TALK-IN-INTERACTION by Rie Maruyama __________________________ Copyright © Rie Maruyama 2018 A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the DEPARTMENT OF EAST ASIAN STUDIES In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 2018 1 STATEMENT BY AUTHOR This dissertation has been submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for an advanced degree at the University of Arizona and is deposited in the University Library to be made available to borrowers under rules of the Library. Brief quotations from this dissertation are allowable without special permission, provided that an accurate acknowledgement of the source is made. Requests for permission for extended quotation from or reproduction of this manuscript in whole or in part may be granted by the copyright holder. SIGNED: Rie Maruyama 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am extremely thankful for many people who have supported me throughout my time in the doctoral program. Firstly, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my advisor Dr. Kimberly Jones for her continuous encouragement and support. She met with me weekly for months to check my progress, which motivated me to keep pushing myself. I am also grateful for my committee members, Drs. Mariko Karatsu and Wenhao Diao for their insightful comments and suggestions. Dr. Karatsu introduced me to the field of Conversation Analysis. I became profoundly intrigued by it and ended up changing my major field. I am very happy that I did! Wenhao was always welcoming whenever I sought a guidance, and her constructive advice helped me create a more suitable methodology for analyzing my data. I am truly blessed with excellent friends and colleagues, who supported me both intellectually and emotionally. Special thanks go to Shiho Yamamoto and Miki Murakami, who were always available for encouragement, moral support, distraction, and feedback, whenever I needed them. Shiho and I spent numerous sleepless nights at the library and the lab working on our dissertations. Thanks to Shiho, I was able to keep pushing myself until the end. I would also like to thank the participants in this study, who took the time to record their conversations over the course of their study abroad and shared them with me. Without their cooperation, this study had not been possible. Last but certainly not the least, I would like to express my great appreciation to my parents in Japan, who supported me in pursuing my degree in the United States. 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................... 7 LIST OF TABLES...................................................................................................................... 8 LIST OF TRANSCRIPTION CONVENTIONS ......................................................................... 9 ABSTRACT…… ..................................................................................................................... 10 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 12 1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 12 1.2 Research Questions ................................................................................................................ 15 1.3 Organization of Dissertation ................................................................................................... 16 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................. 17 2.1 Research on Overlapping Talk by Native Speakers ................................................................. 17 2.2 Research on Overlapping Talk by L2 Learners of Japanese ..................................................... 23 2.3 Interactional Competence and L2 Learning ............................................................................. 28 CHAPTER 3: METHODS ....................................................................................................... 32 3.1 Participants ............................................................................................................................. 32 3.2 Data Collection ....................................................................................................................... 33 3.2.1 Pre- and Post-Study Abroad Questionnaires ..................................................................... 33 3.2.2 Japanese Language Proficiency Test ................................................................................. 34 3.2.3 Interview Data ................................................................................................................. 35 3.2.4 Conversation Data ............................................................................................................ 36 3.2.5 Data Collection Procedures .............................................................................................. 37 3.3 Analysis ................................................................................................................................. 37 CHAPTER 4: CLASSIFICATION OF OVERLAP FUNCTIONS IN L2 JAPANESE LEARNERS’ CONVERSATIONS… ....................................................................................... 39 4.1 Overlap as a Non-Floor Holder ............................................................................................... 43 4.1.1 Listener Response ............................................................................................................ 43 4.1.2 New Turn at TRP ............................................................................................................. 46 4.1.3 Misjudgment of Turn Completion .................................................................................... 48 4.1.4 Early Response ................................................................................................................ 49 4.1.5 Delayed Response ............................................................................................................ 51 4.1.6 Clarification Question ...................................................................................................... 54 4.1.7 Information Supply .......................................................................................................... 55 4.1.8 Co-Construction ............................................................................................................... 57 4.1.9 Floor Bidding ................................................................................................................... 58 4.1.10 Interruption ..................................................................................................................... 60 4.2 Overlap as a Floor Holder ....................................................................................................... 61 4.2.1 Floor Continuation ........................................................................................................... 61 4.2.2 Reconfirmation ................................................................................................................ 62 4.2.3 Floor Hold ....................................................................................................................... 63 4.2.4 Self-Correction................................................................................................................. 66 4.2.5 Self-Clarification.............................................................................................................. 68 4.2.6 Overlap with Non-Floor Holder’s Co-Construction .......................................................... 69 4.3 Overlap at a Floor-Free Zone .................................................................................................. 72 CHAPTER 5: L2 LEARNERS’ PRODUCTION OF OVERLAP IN PRE- AND POST-STUDY ABROAD INTERVIEWS ........................................................................................................ 74 5 5.1 Individual Change in the Occurrence of Overlap in Pre- and Post-Interviews .......................... 77 5.1.1 Ken .................................................................................................................................. 77 5.1.2 Tina ................................................................................................................................. 83 5.1.3 Frank ............................................................................................................................... 92 5.1.4 Jeff................................................................................................................................
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