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On the Japanese Verb ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ถ: Semantic Expansion of Comprehension Usage
Yoshitake, Daiki
2024
 

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Abstract :
[en] Verbs of involuntary hearing that also express auditory inference (comprehension based on hearing) are known to exist in multiple languages. However, the verb ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ถ (่žใ“ใ‚†) in Old Japanese, which expressed auditory inference, uniquely evolved to express general comprehension in the early modern period. Regarding comprehension usages of this verb, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ (ใ€Ž่ง’ๅทๅค่ชžๅคง่พžๅ…ธใ€) presents three specific ways of usage: auditory comprehension (auditory inference), comprehension concerning speech, and general understanding. This study aims to identify the emergence periods of these usages and to elucidate the cognitive mechanism underlying this semantic change. The analysis is based on the ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ, covering the period from the 8th to the 20th century. The findings indicate that, firstly, during the 8th and 9th century, the usage of involuntary hearing is only observed, whereas the usage of auditory inference emerges in the 10th and 11th century. Secondly, the usage of comprehension concerning speech is observable from the 10th century, but it becomes more frequent around the 17th century. Thirdly, the usage of general understanding (comprehension unrelated to hearing) is attested from the 18th century. Additionally, pragmatic usage that does not specify the object of comprehension appears in the 19th century. The semantic shift from auditory inference to deeper comprehension can be explained through a synecdochic relationship: the generalization of meaning might have been progressively executed by the conceptualizer, beginning with the meaning of auditory inference. This repetitive generalization results in the conventionalization of new synecdochic meanings and enhances the degree of the lexical item, allowing for pragmatic usage without specifying the object of comprehension. For example, โ€œHahฤ kikoetaโ€ (๐˜ˆ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ถ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช-๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆใ€Žๆ˜Ž็ƒๅพŒใฎ็œŸๅคขใ€ in 1824) translates to โ€œAh, I see.โ€
Research Center/Unit :
Universitรฉ de Liรจge
Disciplines :
Languages & linguistics
Speaker :
Yoshitake, Daiki  ;  Universitรฉ de Liรจge - ULiรจge > Traverses
Language :
English
Title :
On the Japanese Verb ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ถ: Semantic Expansion of Comprehension Usage
Alternative titles :
[ja] ๅคไปฃๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชžใฎๅ‹•่ฉžใ€Œ่žใ“ใ‚†ใ€โ€•โ€•็†่งฃ็”จๆณ•ใฎๆ„ๅ‘ณๆ‹กๅผตใซใคใ„ใฆ
Original title :
[en] On the Japanese Verb ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ถ: Semantic Expansion of Comprehension Usage
Publication date :
02 September 2024
Event name :
Bucharest Japanese Studies Conference: Japan - Pre-modern, Modern and Contemporary
Event organizer :
Centre of Japanese Studies at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Event place :
Bucharest, Romania
Event date :
02-04 september 2024
Audience :
International
Name of the research project :
On the Japanese Verb ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ถ: Semantic Expansion of Comprehension Usage
Funders :
UR Traverses - Unitรฉ de recherches transdisciplinaire ร  la Facultรฉ de Philosophie et Lettres de lโ€™Universitรฉ de Liรจge
Funding number :
2024/MOB/04323
Funding text :
Subside pour participation active ร  un congrรจs hors Belgique : Research Activities (sub-research) at the Universitรฉ de Liรจge
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