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Quantitative Study and Analysis of Deviant Conjugation Forms of Adjectives in Typed Language: Based on Expressions Involving Deviant Forms of “Adjective Base Form + kunai / kute”

  • The Japanese Language Association of Korea
  • Abbr : JLAK
  • 2024, (82), pp.81-106
  • DOI : 10.14817/jlak.2024.82.81
  • Publisher : The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature
  • Received : September 29, 2024
  • Accepted : November 16, 2024
  • Published : December 20, 2024

Huang, Yong 1 Hamada, Ryousuke 2

1浙江師範大学外国語学院
2浙江師範大学

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ABSTRACT

Deviant expressions of “adjective base form + kunai / kute” in modern Japanese have attracted attention in previous research due to their diverse forms, which may be considered ungrammatical. This paper conducted a quantitative analysis to examine how both normative and deviant expressions manifest in typed language. The normative expression is “conjunctive form + kunai / kute” while the traditional deviant expressions are “conjunctive form + kunee / kune” and “conjunctive form + kutte.” New deviant expressions, such as “base form + kunai / kunee / kune” and “base form + kute / kutte,” have recently been observed on social media. Based on data from typed language on X (previously known as Twitter), this study investigated the frequency differences among normative, traditional, and new deviant expressions. The results show that the new deviant expression “base form + kunai” has significantly increased in usage compared to traditional deviant expressions. As a notable example, “kawaii” sees newer deviant expressions in the “base form + kunai” pattern compared to other adjectives. Furthermore, the pattern “base form + kute” was used more frequently than the “base form + kunai,” with “kawaii” being the epitome. It was also confirmed that the kanji representation of “kawaii” was overwhelmingly common in these patterns. Among the results of these typed expressions, the findings regarding “base form + kute” differed significantly from those obtained by Asakawa (2023) who used various conversation corpora. Therefore, the necessity for investigating these deviant expressions as typed language has become evident. In typed language, the adjective “kawaii” quantitatively dominates new deviant expressions compared to other adjectives, demonstrating an expansion of diversity beyond that found in various conversation corpora. Consequently, it is crucial to continue this investigation while examining the differences in visual text representation.

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