현대일본논설에 나타난 문말 「わけだ」에 관한 연구

Abstract

This study analyzed 579 “Wakeda sentences” (excluding the negative and inference types of “Wakeda”), which were attested in contemporary Japanese editorials. Its characteristics and classification criteria are as follows. 1) The meaning of an explanation is included in the “Wakeda sentence” of all the meaning usages except the assertion “Wakeda sentence”, and the “Wakeda sentence” of all the meaning usages except “confirmation” is the previous sentence. 2) The “Wakeda sentence” of the explanation, assertion, naturalness, and convincing understanding of the relevant sentence is “socially general (universal to humankind)” when the “Wakeda sentence” is connected to the preamble. However, when interpreting with the words “I understand it, I understand it.”, the meaning is determined by whether it is natural or unnatural. 3) The “Wakeda sentence” of natural and convincing understanding is an example in which the meaning of natural and convincing understanding is included in the “Wakeda sentence” and an example in which the meaning is determined by linking the “Wakeda sentence” with the previous sentence. 4) As for the “Wakeda sentence” of the guess, there is an example in which the meaning of the guess is included in the “Wakeda sentence” and an example in which the meaning is determined by connecting the “Wakeda sentence” with the previous sentence.