2003 年 17 巻 1 号 p. 13-24
The purpose of this study is to investigate that “conversational style” in the conflictive situation is pragmatic communication that has systemic function. The Hypothesis of this study is problem-interaction·model. PIM says, “The interpersonal systems of longer-term human relationships are often supported by causing the conversational system of short-term and immediate system to collapse”. In this experiment, by the operation of subjects' “conversational style”, direction of change is investigated and considered. In experiment study, subjects were eighteen pairs who are dormitory students. They were asked to participate in conversations with their partners in a general decision making situation (non-operation group) and two conflictive decision-making situations (groups which decrease time of utterance and groups which decrease number of turn-taking). Time of utterance is communication as a reaction against centrifugal tendency of interpersonal system. Numbers of turn-taking contribute to keep conversational system. Conflictive decision-making situation has centrifugal tendency. Groups which decrease time of utterance are operated to make conversational system centrifugal tendency. In these groups, self-regulatory does not work. So interpersonal system and conversational system will become centrifugal tendency. Groups which decrease numbers of turn taking are operated to make interpersonal system centripetal tendency. In these groups, conversational system becomes centrifugal tendency. So interpersonal system will become centrifugal tendency. As a result, 1) numbers of turn-taking decrease in groups which decrease time of utterance than in non-operation groups.2) Time of utterance increase groups which decrease numbers of turn taking than in non-operation groups. Finally, this study suggested that “conversational style” in conflictive situation is pragmatic communication that has systemic function.