Humor and laughter in Japanese groups: The kuuki of negotiations
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Yu Maemura
Yu Maemura is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of International Studies at the University of Tokyo. His research interests include exploring the discourse of negotiations and conflict resolution practices in the context of international development aid.
Abstract
The following article examines concrete examples of naturally occurring humor and laughter taken from simulated Japanese negotiations. Task-oriented negotiations were held in group settings, and participants were assigned conflicting interests to observe the occurrence of laughter in conflict situations. In-depth analyses of several negotiations are conducted in an attempt to reveal how humor and laughter are used to affect the negotiation process, and to shed light on how Japanese negotiators perceive and manage conflict situations. The current study reveals that Japanese conversations are governed by a concept known as kuuki, and various types of laughter can be explained through the appropriateness of an utterance in relation to the implicitly defined kuuki of a social situation.
About the author
Yu Maemura is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of International Studies at the University of Tokyo. His research interests include exploring the discourse of negotiations and conflict resolution practices in the context of international development aid.
©2014 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- An analysis of humor orientation on Facebook: A lens model approach
- The state-of-the art in gelotophobia research: A review and some theoretical extensions
- The interpersonal meaning of humor styles
- Does a humorous element characterize embarrassment?
- Impacts of humor and relevance on the remembering of lecture details
- Humor and laughter in Japanese groups: The kuuki of negotiations
- School-age children talking about humor: Data from focus groups
- Danish humor in cross-cultural professional settings: linguistic and social aspects
- Book Review
- Book Review
- Book Review
- Book Review
- Book Review
- Acknowledgement of referees
