Research on Emotions in Conversational Communication: Motivations， Paths and Prospects

doi:10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2022.06.017

Abstract

Abstract: In contrast to affect， emotion has the characteristics of being short-lived， strong， and situation-dependent， which influences the advancing of a conversation. Emotions in conversational communication play a role in showing positions， acting as social signals and constructing interactive resources. The significance of taking emotions as a focused research object based on an emic approach is to better analyze the social behaviors behind emotions and disclose the nature and law of conversational communication. Conversation analysts need to observe and track down how participants make use of or respond to emotions. In general， the approaches to explore emotions in conversation mainly include the analysis of verbal resources， prosodic resources and embodied resources， and resorting to modern technologies and equipment when necessary.

Key words: conversational communication; emotions in conversation; conversation analysis; verbal resource; prosodic resource; embodied resource

CLC Number:

H030

LIU Qingsong， MA Wen. Research on Emotions in Conversational Communication: Motivations， Paths and Prospects[J]. Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science), 2022, 24(6): 132-139.

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