In this study, the use of ‘toka’ in the conversation between female university students with respect to the relationship between interlocutors’ degree of intimacy, was investigated. The results were summarized as follows. The ratio of ‘toka’ was higher in the conversation between friends than between first-meeting people. For the function of ‘toka’, both of conversations between friends and between first-meeting people, the ratio of ‘mitigation’ was higher than that of ‘exemplification’, and this tendency was stronger in the conversation between friends. For the specific context of ‘mitigation’, ‘toka’ is used for overwhelmingly high frequency in the context of ‘quotation’ in the conversation between friends, whereas ‘toka’ is used in more diverse contexts in the conversation between first-meeting people. Through this study, it was empirically revealed that the factor of the degree of intimacy influences the frequency of use of ‘toka’ and the function of ‘toka’ in the conversation between university students. Moreover, it may be said that ‘toka’ functions as a language strategy to maintain smooth communication with interlocutors.
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.