contents 序 preface acknowledgements chapter 1 introduction 1.1 court conciliation in china:an overview 1.1.1 definition 1.1.2 development 1.1.3 research focuses 1.2 the discourse information approach to persuasion in court conciliation 1.2.1 the pervasiveness of persuasion 1.2.2 the importance of discourse information 1.3 research methodology 1.3.1 research questions 1.3.2 data collection 1.3.3 data analysis 1.4 outline of the book chapter 2 persuasion:essence of court conciliation 2.1 introduction 2.2 studies on cc 2.2.1 legal perspective 2.2.2 economic perspective 2.2.3 ychological perspective 2.2.4 linguistic perspective 2.3 studies on persuasion 2.3.1 traditional rhetorical approach 2.3.2 contemporary so scientific approach 2.4 persuasion in court conciliation 2.4.1 previous definions of persuasion 2.4.2 working definition of persuasion 2.5 summary chapter 3 discourse information:major means of persuasion in court conciliation 3.1 introduction 3.2 discourse information 3.2.1 an overview of the dit 3.2.2 information knots 3.2.3 information sharing categories 3.2.4 applications 3.3 the discourse-information-centric model of persuasion(dicmp) 3.3.1 relevant persuasion studies 3.3.2 the dicmp 3.4 summary chapter 4 features of discourse information in persuasion 4.1 introduction 4.2 factual discourse information:fin of facts and responsibilities 4.2.1 basis for determining civil liability 4.2.2 clarification of current situations 4.2.3 remin parties?about undesirable results 4.3 attitudinal discourse information:inquiry of attitudes and schemes 4.3.1 forms of presentation 4.3.2 ways of bination 4.3.3 levels of development 4.4 procedural discourse information:observance of law 4.4.1 offering legal basis 4.4.2 regulating pace and controlling order 4.4.3 drawing conclusions 4.5 summary chapter 5 factors influencing persuasion in cc 5.1 introduction 5.2 so situations 5.2.1 settings 5.2.2 so roles 5.2.3 so relations between participants 5.3 subjective municative situations 5.3.1 municative roles 5.3.2 intentions and goals 5.3.3 knowledge 5.4 summary chapter 6 realization of persuasion in cc 6.1 introduction 6.2 assessment of the realization of persuasion 6.2.1 cognitive responses as the indicators 6.2.2 parties?cognitive responses in cc 6.3 means of realization 6.3.1 involvement of discourse information 6.3.2 presentation of discourse information 6.3.3 exchange structures of discourse information 6.4 effects of the realization of persuasion 6.4.1 changing parties?cognition 6.4.2 changing parties?attitudes 6.4.3 changing parties?behavior 6.5 summary chapter 7 conclusion 7.1 introduction 7.2 summary of the present study 7.3 implications,limitations and suggestions for further research 7.3.1 implications 7.3.2 limitations 7.3.3 suggestions for further research references appendix ⅰ general information of the core dataset appendix ⅱ transcription conventions list of tables table 1-1 a brief description of the whole dataset and the core dataset table 3-1 types of the information knots(based on du,2007) table 3-2 five types of knowledge categories(based on du,2007) table 3-3 k-device(based on van dijk,2008,pp.83-88) table 3-4 types,categories and functions of knowledge table 3-5 persuasion variables(based on petty &wegener,1998) table 3-6 the context model(based on van dijk,2008,p.76) table 4-1 distributions of information knots in 35 cases in the core dataset table 5-1 costs-benefits analysis of parties in cc table 5-2 frequencies of knowledge categories in cc(based on 35 cases in the core dataset) table 6-1 the exchange structures of cc table 6-2 types and functions of responses(adapted from donohue et al.(1984)) list of figures figure 2-1 the hierarchcal model of needs (maslow,1943) figure 3-1 the tree information structure of discourse (du,2007) figure 3-2 the interactive cognitive model of persuasion (icmp)(du,2008b) figure 3-3 the discourse-information-centric model of persuasion(dicmp) figure 5-1 municative roles of participants in cc (based on goffman,1981) figure 5-2 judges?control of municative roles in cc figure 5-3 adjustment of goals and intentions figure 5-4 original knowledge state of parties in cc figure 5-5 reinforcement of shared knowledge figure 5-6 modification of controversial knowledge (1) figure 5-7 newly added controversial knowledge figure 5-8 modification of controversial knowledge (2)
introduction 1.1 court conciliation in china: an overview deeply rooted in the chinese traditional culture, mediation has been playing a vital role in resolving civil disputes, repairing interpersonal relationshi and maintaining so stability in china. recently, its importance has been further emphasized when china endeavors to “mediate towards a harmonious society” (woo & gallagher, 2011, p.8) and to form a “grand mediation system” (da tiaojie ti) that incorporates people’s mediation (renmin tiaojie), administrative mediation (ngzheng tiaojie) and judi mediation (sifa tiaojie)①. among others, court conciliation (fayuan tiaojie), a major form of judi mediation, has drawn wider attention than others due to its lea role in the grand mediation system and its greater impact on justice (su, 2010). while most scholars and practitioners are keen on the exploration of court conciliation as a legal system, a few start to study it from ―――――――― ①the concept of t