Download or read book Conversational Dominance and Gender written by Hiroko Itakura and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation In this study, Itakura (The Hong Kong Polytechnic U.) analyzes gender dominance in conversations among Japanese speakers in both their native tongue (L1) and in English (L2). The interactions studied include institutional talk as well as everyday conversation. The author's approach draws upon Conversation Analysis, the Birmingham school of discourse analysis, and dialogical analysis to examine whether patterns of gender dominance in Japanese L2 conversation are similar to those found in L1 conversation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).