2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Descriptive research on epistemic modality forms in Japanese dialects
| Project/Area Number |
15K02582
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Japanese linguistics
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| Research Institution | Kobe Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 推量表現 / 方言文法 / 長門方言 / 石見方言 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In the Nagato dialect and the Iwami dialect, which are spoken in Yamaguchi prefecture and Shimane prefecture, has a epistemic modality word ‘-roo’. This word is derived from classical Japanese ‘-ramu’. This study describes some usages of epistemic modality words including ‘-roo’, and suggests that a syntactic change occurs to the ‘-roo’ form with a narrowing change of meaning. The area using ‘-roo’ form has narrowed and another epistemic modality word, ‘-zjaroo’, has increased.
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| Free Research Field |
日本語学、方言学、社会言語学
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