한일 이성 간 첫 대면 대화의 화제에 관한 연구 - 한일 문화요소 및 성차요인을 중심으로 -

Abstract

This study compares and analyzes the initial conversation between opposite gender native speakers from Korea and Japan. From the analysis results, it could be seen that Korean speakers had a tendency to choose 'greater topics' for conversation more often than Japanese. 'Greater topics' discussed by Korean males and females were about university, place they live in, personal information, graduate school, and after school activities. The length of conversation on these topics have been listed in order of longest to shortest. Japanese males and females spoke mostly about Korea, university, place they live in, language, and occupation. For the smaller topic, both Korean and Japanese participants spoke the most about graduate school. Topics from their Topics from their past were brought up more often by Korean males and females. In comparison, the Japanese native speakers mentioned their past only once. On conversations, male speakers of both countries were more likely to introduce the initial topic to discuss. After the inevitable silence from the initial conversation, Koreans started the discussion more often than the Japanese. When analyzed in gender, there was twice the number of male speakers initiating the first topic than females.