キヨミ セツコ   Setsuko Kiyomi
  清海 節子
   所属   経済経営学部 所属
   職位   教授
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 2012/06
形態種別 学術論文
査読 査読あり
標題 How are ureshii and tanoshii different?---An investigation of the synonymous adjectives from the perspective of their antonymous relationships using corpora
執筆形態 単著
掲載誌名 http://www.cybermanual.com/how-are-ureshii-and-tanoshii-different-university-of-sussex.html
概要 Two Japanese adjectives ureshii and tanoshii are frequently used in everyday conversation; nonetheless, none of the previous studies (e.g. Nishio 1993, Yamada 1993, Fujita 1993, Kikuchi 1993 among others) so far have yet fully succeeded in delineating their semantic differences. In this study, I examined the two synonyms by exploring their seven possible antonyms (kanashii 'sad', kurushii 'painful', kuyashii 'regrettable', setsunai 'heartbreaking', sabishii 'lonely', tsurai 'painful' and iya 'unpleasant'), using the Leeds Collection of Internet Corpora. I counted the number of co-occurrences of ureshii/tanoshii and their seven possible antonyms. Based on the overall observation made, we can claim ureshii and tanoshii should be considered synonyms. At the same time, we have found a difference in the proportion of the co-occurrence with the most frequent antonym: ureshii is contrasted with its most frequent antonym 1.4 times more often than tanoshii is.