「てめへ」と「うぬ」の比較分析 ー人情本『春色辰巳園』を中心としてー

Abstract

This paper analyzes the usage of「Temee」and「Unu」in the early modern Japanese writings, Ninjōbon. A thorough investigation has been conducted, focusing on the cases of「Temee」and「Unu」. This research has found out some important characteristics of 「Temee」 and 「Unu」as follows:１. The most important thing in using「Temee」is that the term expresses the ditionally vertical relationship. So「Temee」is only used for addressing subordinates. On the contrary, the term「Unu」is used to express whether a speaker intends to cause a harmful feeling. For this reason, instead of addressing subordinates,「Unu」is used for people of equal status. 2.「Temee」 and 「Unu」 are used together with a word of abuse. Needless to say, close attention should be paid to the term「Temee」as the expression of a word of abuse in the early modern Japanese writings of ninjōbon. Since the uses of「Temee」and「Unu」are accompanied with a word of abuse, they have something in common with each other. 3.「Temee」 and 「Unu」 are used with 「Ore」in the same sentence. In the early modern Japanese writings of Ninjōbon the first-person pronoun had not been specialized yet, whereas the second-person pronoun is divided into「Temee」and「Unu」.