「みたいだ」의 담화상 용법 ― 자연대화와 일본어 교과서 분석을 중심으로 ―

Abstract

In this study, the usage of ‘mitaida’, which is often mentioned as one of the features of "Young Words", in natural conversations and Japanese textbooks were analyzed. Results are summarized as follows. The frequency of ‘mitaida’ was much higher than that of ‘yoda’ in conversations between university students, and such tendency was properly reflected in Japanese textbooks. Since the frequency of ‘yoda’ is relatively high in conversations between first meeting students compared with that in conversations between friends, it can be assumed that intimacy factor affects the use of ‘mitaida’ and ‘yoda’ somewhat. Next, for the usage in discourse, ‘mitaida’ and ‘yoda’ in conversations between university students are the most commonly used as a ‘mitigation marker’ regardless of the degree of intimacy between the conversation participants, especially the ratio of ‘mitaida’ used at the end of sentences was significantly high. However, in Japanese textbooks, there are no suggestions for the use of both ‘mitaida’ and ‘yoda’ as a a ‘mitigation marker’. It is considered to be necessary to devise an effective teaching method for ‘mitaida’ that takes into consideration the use of ‘mitaida’ in natural conversations.