2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Changes in Usage of Conjectural Forms in Japanese Dialect
| Project/Area Number |
20720126
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Japanese linguistics
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| Research Institution | Kobe Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
HASHIMOTO Reiko (FUNAKI Reiko) 神戸女子大学, 文学部, 准教授 (00454736)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2011
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| Keywords | 方言 / 推量表現 / 文法 |
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| Research Abstract |
Focusing on the Kochi dialect which has two kinds of conjectural(/presumptive) forms, I analyzed the change of guess expression forms using grammatical description and a natural discourse corpus. As a result, on a young generation, the conjectural forms lost a restriction of connecting with a verb or an adjective, and were simplified. On the other hand, the new usage of guess expressions split into some different functions which are related to discourse.
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Research Products
(6 results)
