対人関係の構築における否定的評価の出現 - 日本語母語話者と韓国人留学生の会話を対象に -

Abstract

In this study, we analyze the emergence of negative assessments in conversations between Japanese native speakers and Korean international students in the construction of interpersonal relationship. We set up three 30-minute sessions of free conversations between two Japanese native speakers and two Korean international students. As a result, in the first session, Japanese native speakers did not present negative assessments. In the subsequent sessions, however, they started to present negative assessments, and the frequency gradually increased. By contrast, Korean international students started to present a number of negative assessments in the first session, and the frequency gradually increased in the subsequent sessions. The analysis of the objects of negative assessments reveals the following points. In the first session, most of the negative assessments concern “socio- cultural aspects.” But in the second and the third sessions, where a number of topics were discussed such as “character,” “affiliation,” “behavior,” “competence,” “thought,” and “experience,” the objects of negative assessments vary accordingly. The difference in the frequency of negative assessments between Japanese native speakers and Korean international students, which form the largest difference between the two groups, is due to the difference in the types of consciousness about the stage in the initial meeting. On the other hand, there are parallelisms between the two groups in the increase of negative assessments, the diversification of the types of object of negative assessment, and the transfer of object of negative assessment to the private domain. In this way, the relation of “parent” seems to have been built between the two groups, and the emergence of negative assessments seems to indicate the construction of interpersonal relationship.