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TheFunctionofJapaneseC1eftSentencesinDiscourse
YurikoSunakawa(UniversityofTsukuba)
Intmducti⑪皿
DiscourseSamPle
(OzunuUa)mollookufukaiyamadeshu8yooshjyooio,
HjnPoosan(Yoshjnoyapa)nipeoIsuketa・KokonjhaiIte
araIapeIeshugyooolsuzuketa.
(1)AragyoonohaIenjkarenomaenia「auareIanova
ShakadaMa.‐W3均豆hidedooda?ptokjkuSlD釦hzanjOzuDuua
kubjofulta・原Annt組deuajpanomiDsbuuuasukuenaj.m
(2)Tsugjnjarauarelanoua-La、noD-iQIIirokudatfaQOzunuU
amalakubjofuIIa・pAnatagatademodameda・画(3)Salgo
njsusamajijrajmeitoiuanarjnonakaka「aaraua「eIanog塾
(。)OsoroShiljkarjnoKongoo-Zaoo-Bosatsu-Daigongenda.
gyoosoooshjtej「u・Ozunuua(の)kandooshjla・ロAnata
kosopolopeIeiIaHoIokeda・p0ZunuuasuguBakinokjo
kjIにK⑨ngoo-Zaooohonzontoshitekjzanda、Iio「ega
OaihoozannoHonzonda. (hatej-gahoo,juIyl991)
、「jyenbylhedesj「eofdevoIjn8hmselftoauste「e
disclpIjnedeepjnlIlemouIDIajns,OzunudecjdedIogoIo
I此KjDpoo・HebノentIothelDounIaiDandcontjnuedhjs
austerep「acljce.(1)UhaIappearedjnf「onlofIMmafter
thep「actjceuasShaka、0ェunushookhlsheadatShaka,vho
asked,mVhatdoyoulIljnkofpe?■p・Youcannotsavepeop1e,鰯
OzuDu「epljed.(2)ThosevhcLappea「ednexILJereIiannoDand
llesaid,PNeitherof
lasIone,uhoeme「ged
Njroku・OzunushookhjsheadagaID・
youmeetstherequlremeDt・園(3)The
f「omaIremeDdoustbunderstorp,uasKQDgoo-Zaoo-Bosalsu-
Dalgonge皿(He)Iookedasthoughheue「ejnaho「「Ible「age、
Ozunuuasdeeplyjpp「essed(byhisappearance).Hesald,
nYUuarelI〕eoDelhavebeeD1ookjngfD「・衝Hur「jedlyhe
choppeddounat「eeandcarvedasIatueofKoI喝oo-Zaooout
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lnLheprecedingdiscourseexample・theunderlinedsentences
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arecleflsentences・ThosesentenceswithaoAmowaBda・
structureareuacleftsenLences、asillustratedinexamples
land2,andthosewithaoAnogaBdaosLructureare8a
cleftsentences・asillustratedinexample3・
TheexistenceoftwoLypesofcleftsentencesin
JapanesehasbeenknownforsometiIne.However・thefunc-
tionoftheseindiscourseandthedifferencesbeLweenthe
twohavenotyetbeenadequatelystudie。、Inthispaper、I
hopeLoclarifysomeofthefunctionsofthesecleftsen-
tencesbylookingathowtheoAoandpBoofoAnowaBda・
andoAnogaBdaoareconnectedtothepreviouscontext
andalsoatbowtbetopicpersistenceofphrasesAandBis
observedinthesubsequentcontext.
Continuationfro口thePreviousContext
WhenthepreviouscontextiscontinuedintheAorBphrases
inuacleftorgacleftsentences・theyaretermedconI1nu-
ous(CNT).IfthereisnoconLinuation・LheyareLermed
dIscoDtjDuous(DCNT).
ToqualifyasCNT,asentencemustsatisfyoneofthe
followingthreeconditions,inwbicbthecontentofAorB
1S
1.Conveyedlargelybymeansofthesameexpressionsin
thepreviouscontext,
2.Inferredfromthecontextoftheprevioussentences、
3.Contrastedwitbthecontentoftbepreviouscontext.
Whennoneoftheseconditionsapplies・oroneofthe
aboveconditionsonlypartiallyapplies,sucbsentencesare
regardedasDCNT.
ExamplesofCNTandDCNTareasfolloWS:
1. Aragyoonuhatenikarenomaeniarawareta nowa
DCNT
Sllakadatta.-
DCNT
( Ihatappearedinfrontofhimafterareligious
DCNT
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辿旦些旦竺里wasshaka.)DCNT
2・エSuginiarawaretanowaKannon toMirokudatta.
CNTDCNT
(ThosewhoappearednextwereKannon andMiroku.)CNT DCNT
3.。IIupJLLraLmelLolWanarlnOnakakarzl
DCM
arawaretanoga. ongoo-Zaoo-BosatsU-Daigongen 。a、
DCNT
( 、どじuneWnOemerRedrromahに
DCNT
stormwas ongoo-Zaoo-Bosatsu-Daigongen .)
DCNT
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kitanowayo-nenmaedeattaga. chichioyawatoo
ninakunatte(YorunoTsuru)
(Hedidn'tknowaboutKaryuukai,theentertainers
society・Itwasfouryearsagowhenhecameto
Tokyqlongafterhisfather,sdeath.)
DKotoshinohatsuyumewa、sugokattayODtoutauyoo5.
AkitakenNoshirosbinoSugibaraShigeru
(Estapinet・Decemberl991)
n11unoWao
(70Sai)。a、
tonethatthe(Thepersonwhosaidinamelodious
firstdreamofthisyearhadheentremendous was
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SugiharaShigerufromNoshim-shi・Akitaprefecture.)
Insentence4theAphraseisexpressedasifitwere
giveninformation・Byusingaquotation・theinformationin
sentense5showsthattheutterancehasalreadyoccurredand
soisregardedasgiven・Magazinearticlesand・particular-
1y・reportsoftenusethisstructure.
Tablel
A
Sample
No.(%) CNTDCNT CNTDCNT
uacleftl26(100%)101(80.2%)25(19.8%)4(3.2%)122(96.8%)
gacleft69(100%)4(5.8%)65(94.2%)43(62.3%)26(37.7%)
EvenwhenAphrasesinBacleftsentencesdonotcon-
tinuethecontextoftheprevioussentences・thelistener
caninferthecontentandactiwIteitasgivenknowledge・
Incontrast、Bphrasesinuacleftsentencesareusual-
1yDCNmThereare,however、someexceptions・Theyalluse
thestructureofthefollowingexample,inwbichthedemon-
strativesindicatethecontinuationofthecontext:
6.Tenjoonotakaiheyadewanekkiwajoobunitamari
kabuwahikakutekisugoshiyasukunatteimasuOtera
sonoseinanodesU.(Katei-gahoqJulyl991)
(Inhouseswithhighwalls・heatrises、1eavingthe
lowerpartoftheroomcoolerandrelativelymore
comfortable・Itisbecauseofthisthatonefinds
itpleasanttotakeanapintemplesoroldbouses.)
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Tables2and3showl】owtbeAandBphrasesarecontinued
iIuLothesubsequentcontext・ToindicateconLinuationinto
thefollowingcontext,repetitionofthesamephrases,
pronDminalization・ellipses・andparaphraseareused.(See
thephrasesinboldfaceintheDiscourseSample).
Whenthephrasecontinuesintothefollowingsentences・
itisdenotedas(topic).Whenitdoesmot・itisdenoted
as(#).ExamplesofCNTandDCNTshowingcontinuationfrom
thepreviouscontextarealsonotedintbetables、Before
theslash(/)CNTorDCNTindicatescontinuationfro囚the
previouscontext,andaftertbeslashitindicatescontinua-
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tionintothenextdiscourse・Therefore・forexample.
A(DCNT/topiclindicatesthattheAphraseisnotcontinued
fromthepreviouscontextbutcontinuesintothefollowing
discourseasatopic、Tbusthephrasecontinuingthe
contextinlhesubsequentsentenceisconsideredtobea
persistenttopici、tbediscourse・Isballthereforeuse■
theexpressionspersistenceintothefollouuingsentences
and・persistenceasatopico・
Table2showstheresultsoftheuacleftsentence
analysisofexamplesmwhich(1)onlyApersists.(2)only
Bpersists.(3)bothAandBpersist・and(4)neitherAnor
Bpersists.
Table2
SampleNo.(%)uaC1eftSentence
onlyALA(DCNT/topic)nowaB(DCNT/#)3
persists21(16.7%)
2.A(CNT/topic)nowaB(DCNT/#)18
OnlyB3.A(CNT/#)nowaB(DCNT/topic)52
persists63(50.0%)
4.A(DCNT/#)nowaB(DCNT/topic)11
5.A(DCNT/topic)nowaB(DCNT/topic)6Both
AandB
persist
13(10.3%)
6.A(CNT/topic)nowaB(DCNT/topic)7
7.A(CNT/#)nowaB(DCNT/#) 23
8.A(CNT/#)nowaB(CNT/#)Neither
AnorB
persists
1
29(23%)
9.A(DCNT/#)nouUaB(CNT/#) 3
10.A(DCNT/#)nowaB(DCNT/#) 2
ToLall26(100%)
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Table3showstheresultsof
analysis・Therewerenocasesin
persisted、Thereforetheresults
onlyBpersists.(2)botbAandB
norBpersists-
thegacleftsentence
whichonlyAphrases
arecategorizedas(1)
persist・or(3)neitherA
Table3
SampleNo.(%)gaC1eftSentence
1.A(DCNT/#)nogaB(DCNT/topic)20
2.A(DCNT/#)nogaB(CNT/topic)l8
0nlyB
persists3.MCNT/#)nogaB(DCNT/Lopic)2
42(6U9%)
4.A(CNT/#)nogaB(CNT/topic) 2
5.A(DCNT/topic)nogaB(CNT/topic)9Both
AandB
persist
13(18.8%)
6.A(DCNT/topic)nogaB(DCM/topic)4
Neither
AnorB
persists
7.A(DCNT/#)nogaB(CNT/#) 14(20.3%)
69(100%)Total
lnthewcleftsentences・persistenceintheAphrase
isseeninatotalof34samples(27%),consistingof21
samples(16.7%)inuuhichonlylheAphraseispersistentand
l3samples(10.3%)inwhichboththeAandtheBpbrasesare
persistent・ThepersistenceintheBphrasewasseenina
toLalof76samples(60.3%)inwhicbonlytheBphrase
persists(63samples・or50%)andboththeAandtheB
phrasespersist(l3samples・or10.3%)In29samples(23%)
、eithertheAnortheBpbrasepersists・
TheresultsforLhe8acleftsentencesaresimilarto
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thosefortheuacleftsentences、Inl3samples(18.8%).
LbeAphrasepersists・OftIle55samples(79.7%)inwhich
theBphrasepersists・in42samples(60.9%)onlytheB
phrasepersits,andinl3samples(18.8%)boththeAandthe
BphrasepersisL、NeiLherLheAnortheBphrasepersistes
inl4samples(20.3%).Theseresultsaresummarizedim
Table4.
Table4
APersiRt負 BPersi写遅 NeitherPersistg
34(27%) 76(60.3%) 29(23%)uacleft
13
55(79.7%)
gacleft
(18.8%) 14(20.3%)
Thereisnonotabledifferencebetweenthetwocleft
sentencesmTable4・Butcalculatingthetopicpersistence
(TP)usingthetechniquedevelopedbyGivon(1989).the
differencebecomesapparent,particularlyintheBphrase・
ThevalueofthetupicpersisLelIccistlBenumberofclauses
continuingastopics・Whenthetoplccontinuesfor20or
moreclauseathevalue20isassigned.
Table5
TPaverage sentenceswithTPvalue5+
A B A B
blacleft 4.9 4.7 33.3% 26.3%
gacleft 4.57.7 38.5% 54.9%
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AsseeninTable5.、oreBphrasesingacleftsen-
tences(TPvalue7、7)persistlongerastopicsthanthoseiUl
uacleftsentencesdo(TPvalue4、7).Furthemore・ofthose
sentenceswitluTPvaluesexceeding5,therearemoreLhan
twiceaspanygacleftsentences(54.9%)asUaclefLsen-
tences・Inregardtowhetherthetopicpersistsintbe
contextinthesubsequentsentences・thereisnotmuch
differencebetwee、theuacleftandthegacleftsentences,
asshowninTable4・Table5does・however、clearlyindi-
catethedifferencebetweenthetwointhetopicpersistence,
inwhichtheBphrasesintheZacleftsentencesshow
apparentlylongerpersistencethandotheotberkindsof
sentences.
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*Inl4samples(20.3%)neitbertheAIlortheBpbraseper-
sistedintothesubsequentsentences・Mostofthemincluded
nounsofabstractconceptssuchas・tokuchoo.(characteris-
tics).okotsu.(trick)and・tessoku・(absoluterules)intheB
phraseaSuchsentencesappeartoempbasizetbeAphrases・
I、anycaselwillnotdiscussthishere・Rather,this
paperisbasedontberemaining55samples(79.7%).
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nothavetointroduceanounorLheequivalencebutcaneven
introduceaproposition.
7.soshitelshiisangajuuLakuosekkeisurusai
mazudaiicllinikallgaerulloga,kooon-tasIliLsu
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na
ihonnonatsuodoosugosuka,toiukoto nano
desu
Mushiatuinatsuosugosuniwananiyorimo
tsuufuunoyosagaichibandesu・Ishiisanno
sekkeishitaMekami-yamanojuutakuniwa・donoheya
niLIIlosanhookooijoonokaikoobugamooketeari・
tenjoogaLakainogatokuchoodesu.
(Katei-gaho9Julyl991)(WhaLMr・Ishiiconsidersfirstwhenhedesigns(WhaLMr・
hou聖sis Uw-toovercometheheatandthehI1midit
duringaJapanesesummer
InordertobecomforLableduringalDumidand
hotsummer・goodventilationisthemostimportant
factortobeconsidered、Thecharacteristicsofthe
houseinMekami-yaIna,designedbyMr・Ishii,are
thattherearemorethanthreeopeningsinthewalls
forventilationandthattheceilingofeachroomis
verybigh.)
AnotherdistinctionbetweengacleftsentencesandoA
gaBniiru/aruosentencesistbatthenewinformation
introducedbytheAphraseisnotdirectlyintroducedasa
topicbut,rather,functiomsasanintroductiontothereal
topic・whichisinLroducedbyaBphrase.
8.Shokki-kansookioo-mochinookusamanoucbi、5-nill
nifutarimadega・Japaninaru・tokanjiteiruto
ka・Korewayuyushikimondaidesuyo,toiuwakede,
kansooki. (Katei-gahogJulyl991)(Theysaytbattwooutoffivehousewiveswhohavea
dish-drierfeelthatittakesuptoomuchspace・
Thisisaseriousproblem,isn1tit?That1swIDywe
havedevelopedanamazinglycompactdish-drier・The
.)
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Sample8containsthefollo■ingphrases:
LShokki-kansookigajamaninarutokanjiteiru.
(Theyfeelthatdish-drierstakeuptoomuchspace.)
2.Korewayuyusbikimondaida.
(Thisisaseriousproblem.)
3.Sonomondaiokaiketsusuruniwaokibasboo
setsuyakusuruhitsuyoogaaru.
(Inordertosolvetheproblem、weneedtomakethem
morecoInpact.)
4.Okibashoosetsuyakushita.
(Wehavesucceededtomakecompactdish-driers.)
5.Soregakonoshokki-kansookidearu.●
(Thisistheone・tbecompactdisb-drier.)
Thethirdphraseisnotarticulated・andthesecondand
fourthphrasesarejoinedbymeansoftheconjunctive
expressionotoiuwakedeD・Thenewinformationinthe
fourthphraseispresentedinordertoreintroduceofRhnkki-
kansookiolaLer・Insum,thefunctionofAphrasesinga
cleftsentencesisbothtoaddnewinformationtoa
discourseandtopreparethewayfortheBphrase・whichhas
informationrelatingtoAandwillbeatopicinthe
followingdiscourse・Inthisway,theAphraserelatesthe
contextoftheprevioussentencestothetopicofthesub-
sequentdiscourse
lnourexample・thetopicoshokki-kansookigisgiven
informationthatwasintroducedbythepreviouscontext・
But・asisclearfromTablel・theBphrasesingacleft
sentencesdonothavetobegiveninformation・
AnexampleofaBphrasethatdoesnotcontinuethe
previouscontextandthattbereforerepresentsuuewinforma-
tionistheDKongoo-Zaoo-BosaLsu-Daigomgen・intheDiscuurse
Samplecitedattllebeginningofthispaper・Suchexanples
infactshowashighapercentageas37.7%・
WemotedearlierthatLhefuHDctionofAphrasesinga
cleftsentencesisLorelatethepreviousconLexttotbe
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followingtopic・Perhapswecouldrephrasethedefinition
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whethertheBphrasesaregivenornew・toenabletheB
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