This paper studies the meaning and function of "inflection-type" negative questions in Japanese. Analysis results are as follows. (1)From the perspective of the ‘bias’, "inflection-type" negative questions are subdivided into ‘neutral "inflection-type" negative questions’ and ‘biased "inflection-type" negative questions’. and the latter type are subdivided into ‘biased analytic negative questions’ and ‘biased unanalytic negative questions’. (2)‘Biased analytic negative questions’ and ‘biased unanalytic negative questions’ are different in the judgement state of the speaker. The former is in the judgement state that the speaker suspend judgement of truth about the proposition and the latter is in the judgement state that the speaker give a jugdement of truth about the proposition, though the result of the judgement is uncertain. (3)According to the result of comparison with the confirmation requests of NE and DAROU, ‘biased "inflection-type" negative questions’ have ‘the questioning characteristics’ and ‘the characteristics of settling the judgement’ in common and are subdivided into ‘the request of confirmation’ and ‘the request of consent’. Consequently ‘biased "inflection-type" negative questions’ can be positioned to the confirmation requests.
한국일본언어문화학회 [Japanese Language & Culture Association of Korea]
설립연도
2001
분야
인문학>일본어와문학
소개
본 학회는 일본어학 및 일본문학은 물론, 일본의 정치, 경제, 문화, 사회 등의 일본학 전반에 걸친 연구 및 일본의 언어, 문화를 매체로 한 한국과의 비교 연구를 대상으로 하고 있다. 본 학회는 회원들에게 연구 발표 및 정보 교환의 기회를 부여하고 나아가 한국에서의 바람직한 일본 연구 자세를 확립하는 것을 주된 목표로 하고 있다.