Cynthia Dickel Dunn
Biographic Data
| ID | 88111 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cynthia Dickel Dunn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cynthia Dickel |
| FAMILY NAME | Dunn |
| SIGNATURE | DUNN C D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Northern Iowa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 83 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Narrative
Narration is a primary means through which humans make sense of events and construct a stable and coherent sense of self across time. In recent years scholars have shifted from analyzing narratives as monologic, self‐contained texts to examining them as situated interactional practices. In autobiographical narratives, speakers simultaneously represent a past self and enact a current self in relation to both the narrated characters in the story an…
Self‐talk
The self can be understood as a person's subjective sense of who they are as person across time and situations. Language plays a central role in the construction of selves because the self is both enacted through talk and represented in talk. Speakers draw on a variety of linguistic resources to represent the self, ranging from grammatical features such as first‐person pronouns to discourse genres such as personal narratives. Depending on the lan…
Personal Narratives and Self-Transformation in Postindustrial Societies
This article surveys literature on personal narratives as situated practices in a variety of contexts in primarily Western, postindustrial societies. It begins with an overview of theories that articulate the relationships among narrative, self, and narrating context. I then consider how narratives of the self are shaped in institutional contexts, including those in which narratives are used to evaluate selves or used as a technology for changing…
Creating "Bright, Positive" Selves: Discourses of Self and Emotion in a Japanese Public-Speaking Course
This article examines emotion pedagogy and technologies of the self in two Japanese settings: public-speaking classes and business-etiquette training for new employees. Data were gathered through participant-observation and selective audio recording in both settings. The emotion pedagogy found in these classes aims at polishing the public presentation of self as akarui "bright" and sekkyokuteki "active." The training focuses less on the interpret…
Then I Learned about Positive Thinking: The Genre Structuring of Narratives of Self-Transformation
This article brings together research on genre and the self to investigate personal narrative as a "technology of the self" (Foucault) in the context of a Japanese public speaking course. In theTokyo Speech Center, the goal of learning to give effective speeches is used as a method for transforming selves, culminating in narratives that position the speaker as someone who has made positive changes, whether in communication skills or interpersonal…
Speaking politely, kindly, and beautifully: Ideologies of politeness in Japanese business etiquette training
Speaking politely, kindly, and beautifully: Ideologies of politeness in Japanese business etiquette training
In recent years, politeness theory has increasingly focused on speakers' own conceptualizations of polite behavior, viewing politeness concepts as a type of language ideology. This article examines the construction of Japanese politeness concepts in the business etiquette training provided for new employees in Japanese companies. Drawing on participant-observation of business etiquette seminars offered by five training companies, it analyzes how …
Recreating Japanese Men edited by Sabine Frühstück and Anne Walthall
Style Shifting in Japanese – Edited by Kimberly Jones and Tsuyoshi Ono
Formal forms or verbal strategies? Politeness theory and Japanese business etiquette training
Information structure and discourse stance in a monologic "public speaking" register of Japanese
Formulaic Expressions, Chinese Proverbs, and Newspaper Editorials: Exploring Type and Token Interdiscursivity in Japanese Wedding Speeches
Genre conventions, speaker identities, and creativity: An analysis of Japanese wedding speeches
Recent approaches to genre as discourse practice have examined how genres as “orienting frameworks” allow speakers to creatively adapt conventional forms to specific situational contexts. This article analyzes congratulatory speeches at Japanese wedding receptions to show how the interaction of conventionalization and creative contextualization varies across both different parts of the wedding speech and different categories of wedding speakers. …
Pragmatic Functions of Humble Forms in Japanese Ceremonial Discourse
Cultural Models and Metaphors for Marriage: An Analysis of Discourse at Japanese Wedding Receptions
This article uses metaphor analysis to delineate the cultural model of marriage expressed in speeches at Japanese wedding receptions. Wedding speakers used three main metaphors for talking about marriage: marriage as a joint creation, marriage as a physical union, and marriage as a journey. These metaphors were used to express a number of themes including the concepts that marriage is a new beginning, requires joint effort and cooperation, is ide…
Toward the Study of Communicative Development as a Life-Span Process
Then I Learned about Positive Thinking: The Genre Structuring of Narratives of Self-Transformation
This article brings together research on genre and the self to investigate personal narrative as a "technology of the self" (Foucault) in the context of a Japanese public speaking course. In theTokyo Speech Center, the goal of learning to give effective speeches is used as a method for transforming selves, culminating in narratives that position the speaker as someone who has made positive changes, whether in communication skills or interpersonal…
Personal Narratives and Self-Transformation in Postindustrial Societies
This article surveys literature on personal narratives as situated practices in a variety of contexts in primarily Western, postindustrial societies. It begins with an overview of theories that articulate the relationships among narrative, self, and narrating context. I then consider how narratives of the self are shaped in institutional contexts, including those in which narratives are used to evaluate selves or used as a technology for changing…
Pragmatic Functions of Humble Forms in Japanese Ceremonial Discourse
Creating "Bright, Positive" Selves: Discourses of Self and Emotion in a Japanese Public-Speaking Course
This article examines emotion pedagogy and technologies of the self in two Japanese settings: public-speaking classes and business-etiquette training for new employees. Data were gathered through participant-observation and selective audio recording in both settings. The emotion pedagogy found in these classes aims at polishing the public presentation of self as akarui "bright" and sekkyokuteki "active." The training focuses less on the interpret…
Formulaic Expressions, Chinese Proverbs, and Newspaper Editorials: Exploring Type and Token Interdiscursivity in Japanese Wedding Speeches
Cultural Models and Metaphors for Marriage: An Analysis of Discourse at Japanese Wedding Receptions
This article uses metaphor analysis to delineate the cultural model of marriage expressed in speeches at Japanese wedding receptions. Wedding speakers used three main metaphors for talking about marriage: marriage as a joint creation, marriage as a physical union, and marriage as a journey. These metaphors were used to express a number of themes including the concepts that marriage is a new beginning, requires joint effort and cooperation, is ide…
Speaking politely, kindly, and beautifully: Ideologies of politeness in Japanese business etiquette training
In recent years, politeness theory has increasingly focused on speakers' own conceptualizations of polite behavior, viewing politeness concepts as a type of language ideology. This article examines the construction of Japanese politeness concepts in the business etiquette training provided for new employees in Japanese companies. Drawing on participant-observation of business etiquette seminars offered by five training companies, it analyzes how …
Information structure and discourse stance in a monologic "public speaking" register of Japanese
Formal forms or verbal strategies? Politeness theory and Japanese business etiquette training
Toward the Study of Communicative Development as a Life-Span Process
Toward the Study of Communicative Development as a Life-Span Process
Cultural Models and Metaphors for Marriage: An Analysis of Discourse at Japanese Wedding Receptions
This article uses metaphor analysis to delineate the cultural model of marriage expressed in speeches at Japanese wedding receptions. Wedding speakers used three main metaphors for talking about marriage: marriage as a joint creation, marriage as a physical union, and marriage as a journey. These metaphors were used to express a number of themes including the concepts that marriage is a new beginning, requires joint effort and cooperation, is ide…
Genre conventions, speaker identities, and creativity: An analysis of Japanese wedding speeches
Recent approaches to genre as discourse practice have examined how genres as “orienting frameworks” allow speakers to creatively adapt conventional forms to specific situational contexts. This article analyzes congratulatory speeches at Japanese wedding receptions to show how the interaction of conventionalization and creative contextualization varies across both different parts of the wedding speech and different categories of wedding speakers. …
Pragmatic Functions of Humble Forms in Japanese Ceremonial Discourse
Formulaic Expressions, Chinese Proverbs, and Newspaper Editorials: Exploring Type and Token Interdiscursivity in Japanese Wedding Speeches
Information structure and discourse stance in a monologic "public speaking" register of Japanese
Style Shifting in Japanese – Edited by Kimberly Jones and Tsuyoshi Ono
Formal forms or verbal strategies? Politeness theory and Japanese business etiquette training
Recreating Japanese Men edited by Sabine Frühstück and Anne Walthall
Speaking politely, kindly, and beautifully: Ideologies of politeness in Japanese business etiquette training
Speaking politely, kindly, and beautifully: Ideologies of politeness in Japanese business etiquette training
In recent years, politeness theory has increasingly focused on speakers' own conceptualizations of polite behavior, viewing politeness concepts as a type of language ideology. This article examines the construction of Japanese politeness concepts in the business etiquette training provided for new employees in Japanese companies. Drawing on participant-observation of business etiquette seminars offered by five training companies, it analyzes how …
Then I Learned about Positive Thinking: The Genre Structuring of Narratives of Self-Transformation
This article brings together research on genre and the self to investigate personal narrative as a "technology of the self" (Foucault) in the context of a Japanese public speaking course. In theTokyo Speech Center, the goal of learning to give effective speeches is used as a method for transforming selves, culminating in narratives that position the speaker as someone who has made positive changes, whether in communication skills or interpersonal…
Creating "Bright, Positive" Selves: Discourses of Self and Emotion in a Japanese Public-Speaking Course
This article examines emotion pedagogy and technologies of the self in two Japanese settings: public-speaking classes and business-etiquette training for new employees. Data were gathered through participant-observation and selective audio recording in both settings. The emotion pedagogy found in these classes aims at polishing the public presentation of self as akarui "bright" and sekkyokuteki "active." The training focuses less on the interpret…
Personal Narratives and Self-Transformation in Postindustrial Societies
This article surveys literature on personal narratives as situated practices in a variety of contexts in primarily Western, postindustrial societies. It begins with an overview of theories that articulate the relationships among narrative, self, and narrating context. I then consider how narratives of the self are shaped in institutional contexts, including those in which narratives are used to evaluate selves or used as a technology for changing…
Narrative
Narration is a primary means through which humans make sense of events and construct a stable and coherent sense of self across time. In recent years scholars have shifted from analyzing narratives as monologic, self‐contained texts to examining them as situated interactional practices. In autobiographical narratives, speakers simultaneously represent a past self and enact a current self in relation to both the narrated characters in the story an…
Self‐talk
The self can be understood as a person's subjective sense of who they are as person across time and situations. Language plays a central role in the construction of selves because the self is both enacted through talk and represented in talk. Speakers draw on a variety of linguistic resources to represent the self, ranging from grammatical features such as first‐person pronouns to discourse genres such as personal narratives. Depending on the lan…
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (13 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Linguistics (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Etiquette (4 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works)