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Ringo o taberemasu ka? - An analysis of the shortened potential verb form in colloquial Japanese

In English

Författare

  • Varpu Sole

Summary, in English

While various studies have been conducted on the innovative potential suffix of Japanese vowel verbs, commonly known as ranuki kotoba (lit. ra-omission words), few studies exist on the use of the innovative form based on situational context and style of speech. The main purpose of my thesis is to provide an up-to-date quantitative analysis on the situation-based use of ranuki kotoba (referred to as the -re form in this paper), while focusing on the level of a speaker’s conscious awareness of the form as ungrammatical or grammatical, respectively. Before the analysis, I have included a comprehensive description of the Japanese passive and potential verb forms, especially regarding the historical development of the potential.

Avdelning/ar

Publiceringsår

2013

Språk

Engelska

Dokumenttyp

Examensarbete för kandidatexamen

Ämne

  • Languages and Literatures

Nyckelord

  • sociolinguistics
  • the -re form
  • ranuki kotoba
  • potential form
  • passive voice
  • Japanese
  • language change
  • japanska

Handledare

  • Lars Larm