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Aspects of predicate repetition constructions in Japanese typed language: Using the “Hatsugen Komachi” data collection

  • The Japanese Language Association of Korea
  • Abbr : JLAK
  • 2024, (80), pp.85-104
  • DOI : 10.14817/jlak.2024.80.85
  • Publisher : The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature
  • Received : March 28, 2024
  • Accepted : May 17, 2024
  • Published : June 20, 2024

徐敏徹 1

1愛媛大学 講師

Accredited

ABSTRACT

In this study, we analyzed authentic examples in order to describe the nature of the predicate repetition construction “P-koto-wa P” such as “nomu-koto-wa nomu”. For authentic examples, one year of data from posts on the internet bulletin board “Hatsugen Komachi” was used. The analysis revealed the following characteristics of “P-koto-wa P,” which were not found in previous studies using quasi-spoken and conversation corpora. “P-koto-wa P” contains the nominalizer “koto” in about 47.5% of the analyzed data. This result is contrary to the claim in previous studies that the nominalizer “zero” was most frequently used in the quasi-spoken and conversation corpora. Also, the case where a predicate following “P-koto-wa P” was connected with the politeness-marker “masu” counted for about 20.9% of the total data. Such a result is a phenomenon not seen in analyses of quasi-spoken and conversation corpora. When the “P-koto-wa P” co-occurred with adversative conjunction, “ga” accounted for about 56.9%, more than half of the cases, regardless of the nominalizer types. This result contrasts with previous studies that analyzed quasi-spoken and conversation corpora, in which “kedo” was used more than 90% of the time. These results can be attributed to the fact that the situations in “Hatsugen Komachi” differ from those in the quasi-spoken and conversation corpora. Among other things, the norms present in “Hatsugen Komachi” may have influenced the output of constructions by typed language.

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