略語の対照- 日本国語辞典と若者語を中心に -

Abstract

This paper examines the shortened words by studying the words appearing in Shin meikai kokugo jiten (New lucid dictionary of the Japanese language) and the usage of youth language in Basic Knowledge of Modern Terminology included in the editions from 2000 through 2012, while focusing, particularly, on the usages whose original form of the words has gone through ellipsis. While the shortened words found in Shin meikai kokugo jiten have much more popular usage that do not follow temporary trends, Basic Knowledge of Modern Terminology is a journal that includes newly coined words or fad words, which show the atmosphere of the time. As the two materials under examination have contrasting characteristics, it can be expected that they will show distinct differences. Hence, in Chapter Four, the words under examination are categorized into two categories based on their original forms prior to ellipsis: the ones whose original form are a word and the ones whose original form are more than a word. As it becomes too complicated to simply classify the word type or elliptical expression of the words, whose original form before the abbreviation is phrase or sentence, the scope of my examination is limited to the ones whose original form is either a word or not. Word type and elliptical expression are categorized based on its original form prior to the ellipsis. The former is classified into native Japaneseword, Chineseword, loanword,andhybridword,and the latter is divided into single ellipsis and multiple ellipsis. As for single ellipsis, it is categorized into initial, medial, and final ellipsis. In doing so, this paper aims to understand the modality of shortened words by comparing and contrasting the shortened words in Shin meikai kokugo jiten and in youth language through classification and analysis of the linguistic usages.