抄録
Gender and cultural differences in "information-request" strategies between Japanese and Americans were examined. In total, 2650 information-request tokens were analyzed, which occurred in 12 hours of conversation between 36 pairs of Japanese and American women/men in Japanese. The results reveal that in intercultural communication situations, Japanese are more likely than Americans to change their information-request strategies according to their conversation partners. The data also show gender differences in strategies. Based on the results, practical implications will be discussed for the teaching of intercultural communication at schools.
