What Shall We Talk about in Farsi? Content of Everyday Conversations in Iran

被引：10

作者：

Dahmardeh, Mahdi ^{[1
]}

Dunbar, R. I. M. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Tehran, Fac Foreign Languages & Literature, Tehran, Iran

[2] Univ Oxford, Dept Expt Psychol, S Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3UD, England

来源：

HUMAN NATURE-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVE | 2017年 / 28卷 / 04期

基金：

欧洲研究理事会;

关键词：

Conversation group size; Sex differences; Function of language; Intimate conversations; ATTENTION; SIZE;

D O I：

10.1007/s12110-017-9300-4

中图分类号：

Q98 [人类学];

学科分类号：

030303 ;

摘要：

Previous empirical studies have suggested that language is primarily used to exchange social information, but our evidence on this derives mainly from English speakers. We present data from a study of natural conversations among Farsi (Persian) speakers in Iran and show that not only are conversation groups the same size as those observed in Europe and North America, but people also talk predominantly about social topics. We argue that these results reinforce the suggestion that language most likely evolved for the transmission of information about the social world. We also explore sex differences in conversational behavior: while the pattern is broadly similar between the sexes, men may be more sensitive than women are to discussing some topics in the presence of many other people.

引用

页码：423 / 433

页数：11

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