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Page 1: TheFunctionofJapaneseC1eftSentencesinDiscourse … · 2007. 10. 29. · TheFunctionofJapaneseC1eftSentencesinDiscourse YurikoSunakawa(UniversityofTsukuba) Intmducti⑪皿 DiscourseSamPle

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

ofjt、Tl)1sjsnoutIlesymbololDajhoDzaL

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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Jookyooshite4.KarewaKaryuukaioshiranakatta・

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

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.)

Thissentenceissimilartotheanswertotbeunder-

stoodquestion・Why?0.1tisthereforepossibletocbange

itto・Oterayafuruiminkadenohirunegakimochiyoino

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PersistenceoftheT⑪picmtheSub聖quentCmteuKt

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

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

nl

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

asfollows:ThefunctionofApbrasesis,regardlessof

whethertheBphrasesaregivenornew・toenabletheB

phrasetopersistasatopicinthesubsequentdiscourse.

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