일본어 접두사「お・ご」에 관한 고찰

Abstract

In this report, it examines the function of prefixes that appear prominently in the forms of honorific words of modern Japanese. The report mostly focuses on what kinds of meaningful inclinations that the prefixes「o․go」have and what vocabularies that allowing it to form honorific words by connecting other words. For the analyzing method, this report classifies vocabularies that join with prefixes「o․go」into six categories, according to『table on classification of vocabulary』1. An abstract relations, 2. The subject of human activities, 3. Human activities (mind and behavior), 4. Classification for a product, 5. Nature and natural phenomenon 6. Others. The result of the six classification, analyzing the frequency of words that connect the prefixes「o․go」divided into variety of language, a part of speech, characteristic of vocabulary that came out prefixes「o․go」which belongs to the human activities (mind and behavior) showing high rate connecting 「o․go」 and noun. The vocabularies appearing when using honorific usage was analyzed by suzimuradosiki(1992) and the writer would like to add more of common use including a terms of respect, a honorific word, language of beautification and an idiom through word classification analysis. Through the above classification method, the prefixes「o․go」can vary the usage depending on the expression and words related to human activities reflect high frequency on adjoining the prefixes「o․go」 Moreover, it shows the high frequency on the relationship between「wago」. In addition, the reason for the high frequency for the noun and a part of speech is that the prefixes「o․go」, have honorific characteristic and it is also frequently and commonly used in our daily lives, anywhere with anybody as people are conscious of using honorific expression which is formed with the prefixes 「o․go」and that is the reason why it presents the high frequency compare to other fields. At the end, from this study, it analyzed the case by distinguishing limitation of vocabulary and a part of speech for the prefixes「o․go」which cannot join with others, however, the content and analyzing range was limited and the specific cause for the study was insufficient so that the writer of this report would like to leave it as future assignment.