2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study on the Dynamic State of Japanese During the Meiji and Taisho Periods from the Perspective of Transitions in Conditional Expressions
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19520392
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Japanese linguistics
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| Research Institution | Aichi University of Education |
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Principal Investigator |
YAJIMA Masahiro Aichi University of Education, 教育学部, 教授 (00230201)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
AGETSUMA Yuki 藤女子大学, 文学部, 教授 (40231857)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 日本語史 |
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| Research Abstract |
This paper describes the transitions from the Edo period onward that led to the current usage of conditional expressions in the Kamigata/Osaka dialect and the Edo/Tokyo dialect, and considers the fundamental rule underlying the transitions. From the Edo period onward in the Japanese language, a subordinate clause has become more important as a function of conjunctive particle than previously. Furthermore, a trend can be seen whereby specific conjunctive particle is used intensively in the Kamigata/Osaka dialect, and several conjunctive particles are used in the Edo/Tokyo dialect. The transitions in conditional expressions require an examination of how the Kamigata/Osaka dialect and the Edo/Tokyo dialect have influenced each other, for a better understand of the history of Japanese grammar.
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