This study quantitatively analyzes the correlation between the Japanese response marker naruhodo and accompanying nonverbal behavior, specifically nodding, using a multimedia corpus. While previous research has mainly focused on other response markers such as soudesune, the interaction between naruhodo and nonverbal cues remains insufficiently explored. The main findings are as follows. First, naruhodo was primarily used by interviewers and moderators, indicating that the speaker’s role in the broadcast had a greater impact on its usage than factors such as age or gender. Second, in two-thirds of the naruhodo occurrences, it co-occurred with nodding behavior, especially when the preceding utterance reflected the speaker’s subjective opinion. Third, nodding rates and response types varied depending on the follow-up utterance, with two main patterns observed—continued attentive listening and confirmation requests—and nodding before a confirmation request tended to amplify explicit agreement. These findings suggest that linguistic and nonverbal elements function complementarily and highlight the need for theoretical and methodological expansion in multimodal interaction research.
한국언어연구학회 [The Korean Association of Language Studies]
설립연도
1996
분야
인문학>언어학
소개
한국언어연구학회는 언어학과 언어교육 분야의 연구를 통하하여 학문의 질적 향상과 국내외 회원 및 학회간의 학술 교류와 친목을 도모한다. 이를 위해 학술 연구 발표회, 강연회, 강습회를 개최하고, 정기학회지, 연구보고서, 서적 등을 간행하며, 그 밖에 지역사회에 필요한 사업과 연구 활동을 수행하는데 중점을 두고 있다.