An Introduction to The National Language Research Institute:
A Sketch of its Achievements
Third Edition(1988)/
HTML Version(1997)
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II.2.19 Writing-Form Variation of Words
in Contemporary Japanese
(Report 75, 1983. 269 pages)
This research addresses the following two questions related
to the variation in writing forms: 1) What kind of words
vary in writing form and are misused, and what patterns can be
observed in their variation and misuse? and 2) What are the
causes of variation and misuse in writing forms, and how do
they relate to the user's consciousness of the writing form?
This book reports on the results of a survey and research
carried out related to the above questions.
The framework and main contents of the present report are as
follows:
1 Outline of the Study: We presented the objectives,
stages in the development of the present research, and
bibliographical references.
2 Analysis of Variation in and Misuse of Writing Forms: In
this chapter we addressed question 1) given above.
First, we collected, analyzed and organized words which are
problematic, taking them from Japanese dictionaries, etc.
Then, we examined the patterns and causes of variation among
these forms. In addition, we collected and analyzed examples
of variation and misuse from actual writing in modern newspapers
and municipal gazettes.
3 Analysis of the User's Consciousness of Writing Forms:
This chapter addresses question 2) given above. We created a
written survey composed of questions related to the words which
tend to vary and conducted a user consciousness survey primarily
of three groups of surveyees, i.e., teachers,
housewives, and students. Based on the results from these
surveys we analyzed individual differences regarding writing
forms and the variation in consciousness and attitudes among
individuals.
Appendix: The Appendix contains the following 3 tables:
Table of the Variation of Writing-Forms in Newspapers, Table
of Misused Writing-Forms in Municipal Gazettes, and Basic
Data/Statistical Tables Obtained from the Consciousness
Survey.
SAIGA Hideo, NOMURA Masaaki, and SATAKE Hideo directed this
research.
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