沖縄文学作品に見られる文末表現 ─対話文を中心に─

Abstract

The study analyzed 'Role Language' of characters' dialogues shown on Okinawa Literature. In human relations, Okinawa dialect was used more in family relations. Both standard language and Okinawa dialect were used for dialogues with people other than family. In family relations, Okinawa dialect was used more frequently than other relations and a variety of Okinawa dialect was used. Okinawa dialect was used in many ways when a character was talking to oneself or a listener was an Okinawan. A phonetic side of Okinawa dialect was shown on the literature. Okinawa dialect had a characteristic of not having 'e' and 'o' that Japanese language had. It could be proved that a character was from Okinawa by using those kinds of expressions. Okinawa dialect had different types of functions according to social attributes. Specifically, there was a distinction according to a character's social position. In Okinawa literature, stereotypes of vocabulary or language which was related to particular dialect were shown.