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A Study on the Comparative Consideration of Modern Japanese Possibility Expressions, N(ga)dekiru and eru・rareru : Centrally on the Comparison of Semantic Distribution

  • The Japanese Language Association of Korea
  • Abbr : JLAK
  • 2016, (49), pp.127-144
  • Publisher : The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature

FURUTA RYOKO 1

1한국외국어대학교

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ABSTRACT

In this study, according to the level of subjectivity, the ‘possibility’ was divided into attribute possibility, able possibility, situational possibility and will possibility, and the distribution aspects on the four possible types of the representatives of possibility, ‘N(ga)dekiru’ and ‘eru・rareru’ were analyzed. As a result, it was verified that there was a significant difference between the two types of ‘N(ga)dekiru’ and ‘eru・rareru’. Moreover, as a result of the comparative consideration on the differences of the two forms through the analysis result, the matters stated below were clarified. 1)In contrast to the point by Okuda(1986) on ‘eru・rareru’ sentences are limited with people as the subject’, regarding that objects and incidents have the attribute possibility to be shown on the location as the subject, ‘eru・rareru’ sentences have high ratio of people being the subject, but it was verified that objects and incidents are also shown as the subject. 2)As for the situational possibility, there was a tendency of examples focused in the indeterminate form of ‘eru・rareru’. This is considered to be due to the effect of the Rareru sentence forming process. 3)For the will possibility, having high rate of ‘N(ga)dekiru’ is considered to be due to having the function of being easily linked to the case of requiring will on the ‘N(ga)dekiru’ itself. In conclusion, ‘eru・rareru’ is affected by the original meaning of natural occurrence in the Rareru sentence, and thus when strong will is required, it is not frequently shown. And the weak point of ‘eru・rareru’ can be supplemented by ‘N(ga)dekiru’ having the function of 〈+will〉.

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