A Study on Possibility of Replacement of the Japanese Similar Expression on the Basis of Network Model
한국외국어대학교 강사, YOUNGJU HONG · 비교일본학 · 2019
This study focused on Japanese expressions that can be used interchangeably and provides cognitive reasoning for the possibilities and impossibilities of substituting one of these expressions for another. In particular, the study focused on the Japanese expressions [dakaratoitte] and [katoitte], reflecting on substitution likelihood using a network model based on surveys by Japanese native speakers. It was found, for example, that Japanese native speakers use the expression [dakaratoitte], when the speaker strongly denies the relationship between the events that precede and follow [dakaratoitte ]; rather, they recognize the event as only being part of the sentence which is placed after [dakaratoitte]. In addition, although speakers use the expression [katoitte] to deny the relationship between the events from the sentences in front of [katoitte], [katoitte] is also used when the speaker recognizes that the event from the sentences after [katoitte] is one of the many events.