A descriptive study of quotative clause in Earlier Japanese through comparison with Modern Japanese

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K13210
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 02070:Japanese linguistics-related
• Research Institution: Kwansei Gakuin University (2020-2021); Yonago National College of Technology (2019)
• Principal Investigator: TSUJIMOTO Osuke 関西学院大学, 文学部, 助教 (90780990)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 引用句 / 引用構文 / 古代語 / 複合辞 / 補文 / 「名づく」 / 「見る」 / 「といふ」

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, I described several functions of quotative particle "to" in Earlier Japanese. The result is as follows; (1) "To" can cooccur with existential verb "ari" and express that someone seems to be saying something. (2) "To" can form a construction in which the cited words are not attributed to the agent of main clause. (3) "To" can function as a sentence-final particle when cooccurring with binding particles.

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日本語学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

引用句「…と」と述語からなる構造（引用構文）についての文法論的な研究は、藤田保幸『国語引用構文』（2000年、和泉書院）という大著が出て以来、大きな進展は見込めないとみなされてきたようである。しかし本研究課題の成果によって、古代語における「…と」が現代語とかなり異なった性質を持つことが証明された。今後、中世以降の通時的な研究の展開が俟たれる状況を作り出したことになる。