Analysis of Verbal and Nonverbal Usage of Aizuchi in a Japanese Reality Show “Terrace House: Opening New Doors”

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10.2991/978-94-6463-376-4_66How to use a DOI?

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Aizuchi; nonverbal communication; verbal communication

ABSTRACT

This research aims to examine the form of aizuchi and the verbal and nonverbal communication using aizuchi in a Japanese reality show. This research uses a descriptive qualitative method to analyze the conversational dialogues from a Japanese reality show, Terrace House: Opening New Doors, the first episode which lasts for forty-two minutes. This research used Horiguchi’s (1997) theory about aizuchi forms and Izumi’s (2003) theory about aizuchi varieties. The results showed that the form of aizuchi from the data source was ninety-eight data. There are fifty-five data of aizuchishi form, used for 1) situations of accepting new information, 2) situations of being surprised at or skeptical about the new information, 3) situations of agreeing with your interlocutor, 4) situations of disagreeing with your interlocutor, and 5) situations of praising and giving a modest reaction. There are thirteen data of the kurikaeshi form, used for 1) situations of accepting new information, 2) situations of being surprised at or skeptical about the new information, and 3) situations of agreeing with your interlocutor. The iikae form consists of three data; all data are used for situations of agreeing with your interlocutor. Moreover, the sono ta form consists of twenty-seven data, used for 1) situations of accepting new information, 2) situations of being surprised at or skeptical about the new information, 3) situations of agreeing with your interlocutor, and 4) situations of praising and giving a modest reaction. This research shows that the most common form of aizuchi is the form of aizuchishi.

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AU  - Wieke Nadya Suci Ariesty
AU  - Nuria Haristiani
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/02/26
TI  - Analysis of Verbal and Nonverbal Usage of Aizuchi in a Japanese Reality Show “Terrace House: Opening New Doors”
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 494
EP  - 500
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-376-4_66
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