著者

マクマレイ デビッド David McMurray

出版者

鹿児島国際大学大学院

雑誌

鹿児島国際大学大学院学術論集 = The IUK graduate school journal (ISSN:18838987)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.13, pp.1-11, 2021-11-30

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This research investigates the current use of ellipsis abbreviations in English haiku. In the linguistics field, ellipsis means the practice of omitting words from sentences. The ellipsis indicates abbreviation of a missing statement, especially a complex syntactic simplification. In the literary field, ellipsis can refer to [...] punctuation marks. Poets use ellipsis in different ways than writers create prose in English. The rhythm of English poetry can be paused with punctuation marks such as commas, semicolons, hyphens, exclamation marks and dots. The Japanese use of cutting words can be emulated in English haiku using... (dots) at the end of the first or second lines. This study found that haikuists use linguistic and literary examples of ellipsis in unique ways and new styles — differently than novelists or traditional poets.