抄録
One of the speech acts that plays an important role in building good human relationships is giving advice. However, giving advice also easily threatens one’s “equity rights” and may disrupt human relationships based on the rapport-management theory (Spencer-Oatey 2000). This paper aims to clarify how Chinese learners of Japanese (CJL) manage their relationships through giving advice compared with native speakers of Japanese (JN). The data collected from a follow-up interview were analyzed by text-mining using KH coder.
