This paper aims at examining the meanings of the Japanese conjunction noni. In the construction of noni. the modality is limited in the end of both matrix clause and embedded clause. The meaning of noni. in this construction can be grouped as adversative, sense of incongruity, discontent and praise, etc. The fundamental meaning of noni is a sense of incongruity. If the meaning of matrix clause is minus, noni is interpreted as a discontent. If the meaning of the matrix clause is plus, it is interpreted as a praise. In the actual examples in this paper, however, it was shown that there were more cases of a discontent than those of any other meaning. The construction of noni was in good harmony with such words as sekksku, konnani, annani, naze, dosite. This is due to be related to the meaning of noni.
한국언어연구학회 [The Korean Association of Language Studies]
설립연도
1996
분야
인문학>언어학
소개
한국언어연구학회는 언어학과 언어교육 분야의 연구를 통하하여 학문의 질적 향상과 국내외 회원 및 학회간의 학술 교류와 친목을 도모한다. 이를 위해 학술 연구 발표회, 강연회, 강습회를 개최하고, 정기학회지, 연구보고서, 서적 등을 간행하며, 그 밖에 지역사회에 필요한 사업과 연구 활동을 수행하는데 중점을 두고 있다.