프로트타이프론의 입장에서 본「ノダ」의 기능 -吉田茂晃 표현효과의 재분류-

Abstract

This paper is about the function of「ノダ」. The purposes of this paper are to examine what functions「ノダ」has beside explanation of reason, emphasizing, and euphemistic expression, and what places each function has. About the functions of「ノダ」, [expression structure] proposed by 吉田茂晃 (Yosida Sige Aki)(1988) was re-categorized, focusing on [intention of utterance] in terms of pragmatics. The number of the functions proposed by Yosida Sige Aki(1988) are 11, and they are characterized by the morphological definitions of「一句一文」(one phrases into one sentence)and「二句一文」(two phrases into one sentence). However in terms of pragmatics which consider important utterance intention of speakers and interpretation by listeners, it is difficult to indentify utterance intention by morphological definitions. Therefore, in this paper, we don't make a morphological definition, and re-categorized the functions of「ノダ」to 12 categories according to intentions of speakers, considering the connections with previous contexts. Then, in order to find out what places the functions of「ノダ」which appeared by re-categorization have in sentences, we examined the functions in terms of the prototype theory. First, we observed「ノダ」from view of [modality], then examined what places the functions of「ノダ」have within [modality] according to their characteristics. As a result,「ノダ」has the functions of [information system] and [action system], and it can have different features as a continuum, not as an individual, according to where their focuses are on.