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Semantic comparison between synonyms based on corpus: Difference in meaning between kanarazu and kitto

  • The Japanese Language Association of Korea
  • Abbr : JLAK
  • 2024, (79), pp.23-38
  • DOI : 10.14817/jlak.2024.79.23
  • Publisher : The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature
  • Received : January 10, 2024
  • Accepted : February 27, 2024
  • Published : March 20, 2024

HYEYOUN KIM 1

1성결대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study reviewed previous research on kanarazu and kitto and suggested that kanarazu is an adverb which represents that “an event or action will certainly happen” and kitto is an adverb which represents the speaker’s “confidence, belief, or expectation that an event or action will occur.” This study verifies these meanings of kanarazu and kitto using the NLT and NLB corpuses, and clarifies the semantic differences between these two adverbs. First, this study detailed the frequency rankings of these adverbs through patterns based on NLT. Second, this study identified the frequency order of the verbs, modal verbs, and adjectival verbs that co-occurred with these adverbs. To analyze the semantic differences between the adverbs, we identified trends and contexts in which notable elements co-occurred with each of the adverbs. Finally, we investigated the characteristics of the corpuses in which these adverbs appeared and discussed the results in relation to the meaning of kanarazu and kitto. This study derived the following results. 1) In contexts where an event or action is certain or required to happen, kanarazu is used while kitto is not (or rarely) used. 2) In contexts where emotions are expressed, kitto is used while kanarazu is not (or rarely) used. 3) Most of the verbs in contexts where kanarazu is used but kitto is not (or rarely) used are action verbs. 4) Most of the verbs in contexts where kitto is used while kanarazu is not (or rarely) used are emotion verbs. 5) kanarazu is more likely to appear in the corpuses that describes facts, such as publicity papers, parliamentary minutes and white papers, and kitto is more likely to be observed in the corpuses that expresses emotions, such as blogs and verses.

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