年轻人日常会话中插话现象的性别差异调查

A Study of Gender Difference in Interruptions and Overlaps by Young People in Conversations

本调查以年轻人为被试,对日常会话中的插话现象做了录音调查。从插话的频率、重叠现象的合作成功率、打断现象以及话题转换的成功率等几个方面进行分析,结果显示在异性会话中男性与女性插话频率并不存在明显差别;然而男性插话的成功率明显高于女性,插话是男性掌握话题控制权的主要手段之一。本文结合国内外的研究理论与成果,对差异的社会成因进行了初步的解释与讨论。

Interruptions and overlaps in mixed conversations among young people are recorded in this study. Frequencies of interruptions and overlaps, successful cooperation in overlaps, frequencies of successful interruptions, and successful switches of topic after an interruption are analyzed. Results show that there is no obvious difference between male and female subjects in frequency of interruptions in mixed conversations. However, successful interruptions by male subjects are obviously more than those by females. For males, interruption is one of the means to switch topic in conversations. Based on the findings of former studies, social origins of these differences are discussed.