Linguistic analysis of" shasei" and shasei texts from the perspective of yakuwari-go(" role" language)

• Project/Area Number: 21652044
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Japanese linguistics
• Research Institution: Ehime University
• Principal Investigator: SATO Eisaku 愛媛大学, 教育学部, 教授 (80211275)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
• Keywords: 日本語学 / 役割語 / 写生文 / 写生

Research Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze shasei texts from the perspective of yakuwari-go(" role" language). Writers of shasei texts try to liberate expressions from their fixed connotations and images. Yakuwari-go are words that are used to imply the identity of their users(e. g. gender, age, and birthplace). Thus, yakuwari-go, which can reinforce fixed images, should not be used in shasei texts, but in fact, they are. Indeed, dialect words used in shasei texts sometimes play the role of yakuwari-go. They should be analyzed in the context of each shasei text, just like regional expressions in other types of literary works.

Research Products

• [Remarks] (1)佐藤栄作、「役割語」の視点を導入した写生文・「写生」の日本語学的新研究-研究成果報告書-、2012、49