Title Author(s) 日本語の主題の位置付けについて : 形容詞文を中心に Tuptim, Natthira Citation Issue Date Text Version ETD URL http://hdl.handle.net/11094/836 DOI rights

Doctoral Dissertation Abstract About placing Topic in Japanese In the point of adjectival sentences In this paper I have chosen to concentrate on topic of an adjectival sentence in order to make an assertion that there are many types of Japanese topic from a perspective of the relation of the topic and its predication. In this paper the main 'function of topic marker WA is the setter of the scope for predication. In many cases of Japanese topic, its form is similar but from the perspective of the relation of the topic and its predication, I analyzed it differs from each other in the meaning. I have chosen the following sentences to verify the above assertion. (1) sakana wa tai ga oishii. (2) zoo wa hana ga nagai. (3) chotto shinkeishitu na gorira datta ga, inakunaruno wa sabishii. (4) kotoba ga hituyounaitoki, kotoba wo hassuruno wa kanashii. I named (1) Junsuishudai or Pure Topic in the meaning of Takeishi (1994). (2) is the one named Shugotekishudai (Subject Topic).(3) and (4) are Kotomeishikunoshudai (Koto-noun phrase Topic). Both of them take nominalizer inoj. It is interesting that there is the difference in the meaning of them. Topic in (1) is the setter of the scope of predication. This character is accordance with the character of WA, and I observed that topic in (1) has no any meanings with its predication. This conclusion is supported by the results from tests used in this paper. Another important issue to exhibit is that (2) is a topic-comment, but (1) is

not. Turning to the difference between (3) and (4), I could observe a succession in (3), but not in (4). This difference is from the difference in character of Koto-noun phrase. A last issue in this paper is to overview Thai topic. The Thai language is claimed as a topic language like Japanese. It could be observed that there is a likeness between two language topics.

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