중세 전ㆍ후기 자료에 나타나는추량조동사 「む」의 특징

Abstract

This paper　is a study of the characteristics of the writing system and the meaningof "Mu" "N" "U" "You" The following is the results. First, the characteristics of the writing system is that "Mu" "N" was both usedin the early Middle Age. "N" "U" were both used at end of the Middle Age. Atthe end of Middle Age, the frequency of use of "Mu" decreased　sharply　and thefrequency of use of "N" decreased. However, the frequency of use of "U" increased. The way of writing them is different by the individuals writing them. The reasonthat use of "Mu" decreased sharply is that the writing system changed over from"Mu" to "N". The lot of use of "U" in the Colloquial Sources At the end of MiddleAge shows that "U" has Colloquial writing system compared to "N". Compared tothe use of "N"and "U", "N" was found　mainly　in the written sources like forewordor WAKA, U" was used a lot in the Colloquial sources. Second, as a characteristic of the meaning, that expression of <willㆍdeterminationㆍdesire>-<postulatedㆍperiphrastic>-<Inferenceㆍexpectation>-<invitationㆍexpectationㆍimperative> distributed in the early Middle Age. At the end of MiddleAge the expressions of <willㆍdeterminationㆍdesire>-<Inferenceㆍexpectation>-<postulatedㆍperiphrastic>-<invitationㆍexpectationㆍimperative> distributed. Itshows that the early Middle Age has different use from the end of Middle Age. However, expressions of <willㆍdeterminationㆍdesire> is used most during thesame period and it shows that The main meaning of "Mu" is <willㆍdeterminationㆍdesire>. The meaning does not change, though the writing system changed from"Mu" to "U" "You". The remarkable characteristic at the end of Middle Age is that the expressionsof <postulatedㆍperiphrastic> had been decreasing. The reason that the expressionsof <postulatedㆍperiphrastic> decreased is that adnominal form decreased and,function of <postulatedㆍperiphrastic> itself decreased.