特殊な意味合いをおびる受身文とその解釈の背景

Abstract

Among passive sentences with verbs “Shaberareru” and “Hanasareru,” this study focuses especially on sentences with clearly distinctive Adversative Meanings to analyze the interpretational background of Adversative Meanings and to concentrate on the lexical meaning of the verbs used in specific sentences. Like [watashi-wa aruhito-ni soba-de shabe-rareru/hanas-areru] sentences, where the relationship between the time frame or the place of an incident and the subject are clearly stated, the sentences are not valid if the subject is not present at the same place and time with those of the incident. In other words, it is affected by the discourse activity of “making sound.” In [watashi-wa aruhito-niyotte Hanako-ni tenkinsurukoto-wo shabe- rareru/hanas-areru] sentences, because the conversation activity is not directed at the subject, the information related to the subject is delivered by someone else which causes the formation of Adversative Meaning. Lastly, in [watachi-wa Hanako-ni keigo-de shabe-rareru/hanas-areru] sentences, the elements that represent the attitude in a discourse are stated within the sentences. Like the Sound Type, the subject needs to be simultaneously present in the discourse. Moreover, the attitude of the speaker is said to be significant in this type. It is more of the behavior of two or more persons than the discourse itself that is related to the background of Adversative Meaning. Thus, without the use of a specific verb of saying, the same type can be created if a verb represents the behavior of two or more persons.