Topic Management Schemata during Conversations with Strangers among native speakers of Japanese, American English, Chinese, and Korean Languages

为了考察以日语、英语、汉语和韩语为母语的人在与陌生人交谈时的话题管理图式，收集并分析了57段录像对话、访谈数据和调查问卷。本研究的主要发现包括话题管理图式在话题选择、社交自我和私人自我的自我表露方式、话题展开方式等方面的相似性和文化特殊性。

In order to investigate the topic management schemata during conversations with strangers among native speakers of Japanese, American English, Chinese, and Korean languages, 57 video taped conversations, interview data, and questionnaires were collected and analyzed. The main findings includes the similarities as well as the culture specific features of topic management schemata as of selecting topics, the way of self disclosure of social self and private self, and the w ay of developing topics.