著者

近藤 紗耶

雑誌

東京女子大学言語文化研究 (ISSN:09187766)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.19, pp.33-49, 2011-03-01

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This is a research study of the actual situation of dialect use and recognition among junior high school students in Toyoake city, Aichi prefecture. This study was conducted by surveying the students' language environment and consciousness of dialects and by investigating the factors that affect the image of the dialect. The questionnaire consisted of 11 questions about language environment and consciousness of the dialect. 22 words were chosen to investigate the recognition and acceptance of dialects. The informants were 198 junior high school students in Toyoake, of which 111 were male and 87 were female. As a result of the investigation, the words used in schools are also used frequently in the community and the recognition of those being dialectal words is low among the students. It was found that many students had negative images of dialects, while they felt that dialects have warm atmosphere compared with the standard Japanese and that they were useful. In addition, girls were more supportive of their hometown and its dialect and showed higher usage of dialects than boys. The use of dialect was influenced by the amount of contact with the elderly and their likes and dislikes towards dialects. Contacts with old people influenced not only the use of dialect but also the understanding of them. It was also found that the family environment was likely to influence the use of dialect by students.