Self-Disclosure in Initial Interactions amongst Speakers of American and Australian English

Autor/inn/en	Haugh, Michael; Carbaugh, Donal
Titel	Self-Disclosure in Initial Interactions amongst Speakers of American and Australian English
Quelle	In: Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 34 (2015) 4, S.461-493 (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0167-8507
DOI	10.1515/multi-2014-0104
Schlagwörter	Self Disclosure (Individuals); Interpersonal Communication; Language Variation; English; Intercultural Communication; Pragmatics; Cultural Influences; Foreign Countries; North American English; Australia; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpersonale Kommunikation; Sprachenvielfalt; English language; Englisch; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Pragmalinguistik; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Ausland; Amerikanisches Englisch; Australien; USA
Abstract	Getting acquainted with others is one of the most basic interpersonal communication events. Yet there has only been a limited number of studies that have examined variation in the interactional practices through which unacquainted persons become acquainted and establish relationships across speakers of the same language. The current study focuses on self-disclosure practices in initial interactions between first language speakers of English from Australia and the United States. It was found that while both American and Australian participants volunteered self-disclosures in the context of presentation-eliciting questions, there was a noticeable tendency for the American participants to self-disclose without being prompted by questions from the other participant. We also found that there was a tendency for the Australians to use positive assessments in response to self-disclosures less often and with a lesser degree of intensity than the American participants. These tendencies in self-disclosure practices are argued to reflect the ways in which underlying cultural premises are used by participants. However, given that a significant degree of inter-speaker and same-speaker variability was also observed, it is concluded that the study of pragmatic variation be situated on the level of interactional routines, relational dyads, and upwards that are engaged in particular social activities. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01