An empirical, theoretical study on verbalization in the reasoning process in Kyushu dialects

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02540
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: NAKATA (ARITA) SETSUKO (有田節子) 立命館大学, 言語教育情報研究科, 教授 (70263994)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 江口 正 福岡大学, 人文学部, 教授 (20264707) ; 岩田 美穂 就実大学, 人文科学部, 講師 (20734073) ; 前田 桂子 長崎大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (90259630)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 条件表現 / モダリティ / 九州方言 / 佐賀方言 / 甑島方言 / 準体形式 / 断定辞 / 逆接形式

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The conditional and modal forms of Kyushu dialects were analyzed from both synchronic and diachronic viewpoints. Kyushu dialects are noteworthy for two reasons: first, the distribution of the dialect form "gi:" is more marked than in standard Japanese; second, the form "nara (ba) " realizes a wider range of usages than that of standard Japanese. The development and decline of the gi-forms are thought to relate to whether or not they may have epistemic and factual usages in competition with "ba". The quasi-nominal form "to" is inserted before nara(ba). Whether or not to is inserted before nara(ba) is shown to be related both to the temporal nature of nara (ba)-clause and to the distribution of assertion forms. "Batten" and "mba", contrastive conjunctions of Kyushu dialects, are derived from the conditional form ba. Batten is biased towards expressions of contradiction, while mba is biased towards negative expression, in such a way that it is grammaticalized to expressions of necessity.

Free Research Field

言語学