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@article{ART001998451},
author={Lee Eun Mi},
title={The use of ‘Nanka’ in conversations between young generations: Focusing on conversations between female university students},
journal={The Japanese Language Association of Korea},
issn={1229-7275},
year={2015},
number={44},
pages={87-99},
doi={10.14817/jlak.2015.44.87}

TY - JOUR
AU - Lee Eun Mi
TI - The use of ‘Nanka’ in conversations between young generations: Focusing on conversations between female university students
JO - The Japanese Language Association of Korea
PY - 2015
VL - null
IS - 44
PB - The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
SP - 87
EP - 99
SN - 1229-7275
AB - In this study, the use of ‘nanka’ as a discourse marker in the conversation between friends of university students in Japan was investigated. Through this study, it was empirically revealed that most of ‘nanka’ in the conversation between friends of university students were used as a discourse marker. Furthermore, the functions of ‘nanka’ as a discourse marker were classified into ‘discourse development ’ and ‘mitigation’. In addition, ‘discourse development’ was subdivided into ‘topic maintenance’, ‘topic switching’ and ‘topic development’, and ‘mitigation’ was subdivided into ‘ information demand’, ‘expression of opinion’ and ‘others (surplus)’. Each use of those showed a different tendency from others in terms of the position ‘nanka’ appeared. ‘Nanka’ as a discourse marker is not a requisite element either grammatically or semantically in a discourse. Moreover, it is not concerned with the utterance contents at all. However, it may be said that it functions as a language strategy to maintain smooth communication while showing the consideration to a conversation partner as ‘nanka’ softens the tone of the utterance contents by showing the hesitation.
KW - ‘Nanka’;Discourse marker;Smooth communication;Conversations between friends;Language strategy
DO - 10.14817/jlak.2015.44.87
ER -

Lee Eun Mi. (2015). The use of ‘Nanka’ in conversations between young generations: Focusing on conversations between female university students. The Japanese Language Association of Korea, 44, 87-99.

Lee Eun Mi. 2015, "The use of ‘Nanka’ in conversations between young generations: Focusing on conversations between female university students", The Japanese Language Association of Korea, no.44, pp.87-99. Available from: doi:10.14817/jlak.2015.44.87

Lee Eun Mi "The use of ‘Nanka’ in conversations between young generations: Focusing on conversations between female university students" The Japanese Language Association of Korea 44 pp.87-99 (2015) : 87.

Lee Eun Mi. The use of ‘Nanka’ in conversations between young generations: Focusing on conversations between female university students. 2015; 44 : 87-99. Available from: doi:10.14817/jlak.2015.44.87

Lee Eun Mi. "The use of ‘Nanka’ in conversations between young generations: Focusing on conversations between female university students" The Japanese Language Association of Korea no.44(2015) : 87-99.doi: 10.14817/jlak.2015.44.87

Lee Eun Mi. The use of ‘Nanka’ in conversations between young generations: Focusing on conversations between female university students. The Japanese Language Association of Korea, 44, 87-99. doi: 10.14817/jlak.2015.44.87

Lee Eun Mi. The use of ‘Nanka’ in conversations between young generations: Focusing on conversations between female university students. The Japanese Language Association of Korea. 2015; 44 87-99. doi: 10.14817/jlak.2015.44.87

Lee Eun Mi. The use of ‘Nanka’ in conversations between young generations: Focusing on conversations between female university students. 2015; 44 : 87-99. Available from: doi:10.14817/jlak.2015.44.87

Lee Eun Mi. "The use of ‘Nanka’ in conversations between young generations: Focusing on conversations between female university students" The Japanese Language Association of Korea no.44(2015) : 87-99.doi: 10.14817/jlak.2015.44.87