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标题：Positioning and Stance in Intercultural Communication: Cultural Identity in a Japanese-Malaysian Student Facebook Exchange
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作者：Alison Stewart ; Brenda M. Wright
期刊名称：Linguistics Journal
印刷版ISSN：1718-2301
电子版ISSN：1718-2298
出版年度：2015
卷号：9
期号：1
页码：49-70
出版社：Linguistics Journal
摘要：This study draws on theories from social identity research to examine features of intercultural communication in a computer-mediated exchange project and to consider implications for the development of intercultural competence. Drawing on concepts of positioning (Harré & van Langenhove, 1999) and epistemic stance (Heritage, 2012; Kärkkäinen, 2003; Ochs, 1990) as theoretical underpinning, Facebook exchanges between Japanese and Malaysian university students are analysed for evidence of shifts in identity and their effects on the interlocutor. The transcripts are coded for quantitative analysis showing the type and frequency of position shifts and sources of authority to claims of knowledge about culture. Selected extracts are then analysed qualitatively to show the effect of a participant’s positioning and stance in the context of the exchange. The study concludes with two examples, one showing a failure to notice positioning and the other an example of a success in noticing positioning shifts leading to a transformation of propositional knowledge.
关键词：positioning; epistemic stance; intercultural competence; computer-mediated communication