2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Research on Japanese Demonstratives aiming at the fusion of dialectal, historical and theoretical studies.
| Project/Area Number |
20520387
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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 |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Okayama University |
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Principal Investigator |
TSUTSUMI Ryouichi 岡山大学, 大学院・社会文化科学研究科, 准教授 (80325068)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OKAZAKI Tomoko 就実大学, 人文科学部, 准教授 (10379216)
MATSUMARU Michio 滋賀大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (30379218)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2011
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| Keywords | 指示詞 / 方言 / 現場指示 / 文脈指示 / 人称区分 / 距離区分 |
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| Research Abstract |
Little attention has been paid to the question of dialect differences in the deictic use of Japanese demonstratives. Uncovering this question leads us to a better understanding of demonstratives in our language system. In 2012, we examined potential differences in the use of demonstratives between speakers in the Kansai and Chugoku areas of Japan. While both of these regions are located in the Western part of Japan, the dialect in each is quite different. Our data suggests that there is a difference in demonstrative use between the two regions, particularly in terms of how the space around the hearer is referred. Specifically, speakers in the Kansai region tend to use sono-NP, which supports the findings in existing studies. However, speakers from the Chugoku region use ano-NP to refer to the same area.
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