2024-03-28T14:30:17Zhttps://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace-oai/requestoai:eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp:2115/501502022-11-17T02:08:08Zhdl_2115_20052hdl_2115_160Perceptions of the Qualities of Written Arguments by Japanese Students1000030275507Suzuki, Shinobuopen accessThe final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Written Communication, 28(4), 2011 of publication, © SAGE Publications Ltd by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Written Communication page: http://wcx.sagepub.com/ on SAGE Journals Online: http://online.sagepub.com/argument formsargument qualitydirect-indirect argumentselaborate-succinct argumentsverbal communication stylesJapanese students361This study examines how Japanese students perceive the qualities of written arguments that were constructed to have different forms. Based on the theoretical dimensions of verbal communication styles that Gudykunst and Ting-Toomey proposed, the research questions asked whether the respondents would perceive direct arguments to be of higher quality than indirect arguments. They also asked whether they would perceive elaborate arguments to be of higher quality than succinct arguments. Japanese college students voluntarily responded to a questionnaire. The results revealed that they gave higher ratings to direct arguments than to indirect arguments for both of the two indicators, and higher ratings to elaborate arguments than to succinct arguments for two indicators out of the three. The results were discussed and implications were offered.SAGE Publications2011-10engjournal articleAMhttp://hdl.handle.net/2115/50150https://doi.org/10.1177/07410883114207980741-0883Written Communication284380402https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/50150/1/WC28-4_380-402.pdfapplication/pdf108.82 KB2011-10