著者

村中 淑子

出版者

桃山学院大学総合研究所

雑誌

人間文化研究 = Journal of humanities research, St. Andrew's University (ISSN:21889031)

巻号頁・発行日

no.9, pp.23-50, 2018-11

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This article analyzes aspects of the dialect maintenance of "J-turn" migrantK in his 90s.K was born in a small village in the south of the Kaga district in IshikawaPrefecture, where he lived until he was 16 years old. Then he moved to Osakacity where he lived for a total of 20 years. He was then transferred to Tokyo,living there for about five years, and later moved to other cities. Since hisretirement at the age of 58, he has settled in Kanazawa city, the capital ofIshikawa Prefecture. We can call someone like him a "J-turn" migrant, becausehis movements resemble a U-turn but with slight differences.We investigated which of the four dialects he used: the south Kaga dialect,the Osaka dialect, the Tokyo dialect or the Kanazawa dialect. The items weanalyzed were his accent patterns when pronouncing two-mora nouns and hisusage of auxiliary verbs and particles.The results showed that he maintained the characteristics of the south Kagadialect well. In particular, concerning the accent patterns of two-mora nouns,he maintained the characteristics of his native village dialect, which is onevariety of the south Kaga dialect. In other words, it may be said that K maintainedthe dialect that he acquired at the village where he lived till the age of16, despite repeated migration for several decades.We considered the factors behind K's dialect maintenance from the followingfive viewpoints :(1) Common ground and differences between the Kaga dialect and the Osaka dialect(2) Properties of the community where he belonged to in migration(3) His language environment at home(4) How he regards the Kanazawa dialect and the south Kaga dialect(5) The characteristics of the village where he was born