動詞に接続する「ところに」の意味と機能 -空間から状況への発展経路を中心に-

Abstract

This paper analyzes and proposes the meanings and functions of “tokoroni” connected with verb in modern Japanese language. In the paper, the cases representing from space to situation are mainly described at continuous time. The results of the study are summarized as in the below:Four different cases can be classified in “tokoroni” connected with verb in modern Japanese language: ① In the case representing a space, “V+tokoroni” is controlled by the predicate, ant it functions as “ni” case. ② In the case representing a part, “V+tokoroni” is controlled by the predicate and thus it functions as “ni” case. ③ In the case representing a side, “V+tokoroni” is controlled by the predicate, ant it functions as “ni” case. ④ In the case representing both a space and a situation, the predicate controls “V+tokoroni” in the meaning of the space, but the predicate does not control “V+tokoroni” in the meaning of the situation. In the case only representing a situation, the predicate does not control “V+tokoroni”, and the whole “V+tokoroni” is fixed in the form of expressing a situation. In this case, “V+ tokoroni” functions as a conjunctive particle. Summarizing the above four cases, the development process of “V+tokoroni” is found, and the format of “V+tokoroni” is fixed from the pseudo noun of “ni” case representing a space to the format of whole “V+tokoroni” representing a situation. In this process, the following three factors are totally related and affected: (1) the types of the front verb and the predicate (the change of the types), (2) the system of cases (the fixation from “ni” case to the whole format of “V+tokoroni”), and (3) the relationship between “V+tokoroni” and the predicate (the control).