接触場面の意見表明に用いられる終助詞「かな」の使用様相

Abstract

Aspects of the Usage of the Sentence-Ending Particle 'Kana' in Opinion Expression in Contact Situations This study focused on the use of the expressions ‘kana’ and ‘kana to omou’ during opinion expression, analyzing the frequency and forms of the sentence-final particle ‘kana’ in conversations between Japanese native speakers and Korean learners of Japanese. In Research Task 1, I explored the usage tendencies of ‘kana’ based on three indicators: the ratio of ‘kana’ to ‘kana to∼,’ the proportion of ‘ja nai kana,’ and the proportion of ‘no kana.’ The results showed a common tendency among both native speakers and learners to use the form ‘kana to∼’ frequently. A difference observed was that native speakers tended to use the explanatory modality ‘no da’ to present their claims with objectivity while mitigating them with ‘kana,’ whereas learners tended to use the form including the negation ‘ja nai’ in ‘ja nai kana’ to express their opinions. In Research Task 2, I investigated variations in expression forms focusing on ‘kana to∼.’ The results revealed a common tendency among both native speakers and learners to use ‘to’ more frequently than the colloquial form ‘tte.’ However, native speakers tended to use various expression forms related to ‘kana to iu’ and expressed opinions accompanied by hedging or opinion expression using the attributive form at the end of speech. Based on these results, observation of conversation examples showed differences in approaches to presenting one's claims and attitudes toward participating in opinion exchange conversations between native speakers and learners, suggesting that these factors also influence the differences in the expression forms of ‘kana