2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Linguistic analysis of" shasei" and shasei texts from the perspective of yakuwari-go(" role" language)

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21652044
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Japanese linguistics
Research Institution	Ehime University
Principal Investigator	SATO Eisaku 愛媛大学, 教育学部, 教授 (80211275)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	日本語学 / 役割語 / 写生文 / 写生
Research Abstract	The purpose of this study is to analyze shasei texts from the perspective of yakuwari-go(" role" language). Writers of shasei texts try to liberate expressions from their fixed connotations and images. Yakuwari-go are words that are used to imply the identity of their users(e. g. gender, age, and birthplace). Thus, yakuwari-go, which can reinforce fixed images, should not be used in shasei texts, but in fact, they are. Indeed, dialect words used in shasei texts sometimes play the role of yakuwari-go. They should be analyzed in the context of each shasei text, just like regional expressions in other types of literary works.

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