Synchronic and diachronic variation in the use of spatial frames of reference: An analysis of Japanese route instruction
Synchronic and diachronic variation in the use of spatial frames of reference: An analysis of Japanese route instruction
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空间参考系使用的共时性和历时性变化：日本路线指导的分析
DOI：
10.1111/josl.12116
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发表时间：
2015
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Yoshiyuki
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作者：
Kataoka;Kuniyoshi & Asahi;Yoshiyuki
通过关注路线指导中空间“参考系”（FOR）的日常使用，我们对日语中基于 FOR 和基于指代表示的空间表达中观察到的看似矛盾的趋势提出了一些可能的解释。我们检查了日本 50 多年来（1953 年、1972 年和 2008 年）进行的一系列纵向调查中获得的数据。我们的 GoldVarb 分析证实了所谓的“逆行”寿命变化。这表明，首先，随着社区成员年龄的增长，对外部FOR（即基于北-南-东-西）的偏好同步增加。这意味着他们通过“年龄分级”转向当地规范。其次，从历时角度来看，在过去的一个世纪中，对InternalFOR（基于右-左-前-后）的偏好逐渐增加。因此，语言市场引发了“代际变革”。相比之下，随着社区范围内对InternalFOR表达式的偏好盛行，指示性表达式（例如“here/there/overthere”）的使用逐渐减少。这表明指示语和InternalFOR 之间存在部分互补的关系。
By focusing on everyday use of spatial ‘frames of reference’ (FOR) in route instruction, we propose some possible explanations for the seemingly contradictory trends observed in FOR‐based and deixis‐based spatial expressions in Japanese. We examined the data obtained in a series of longitudinal surveys conducted in Japan over 50 years (1953, 1972 and 2008). Our GoldVarb analysis confirmed what is called a ‘retrograde’ lifespan change. This indicates that, first, synchronically, the preference forExternalFOR (that is, based on North‐South‐East‐West) increases as community members grow older. This means they shift toward the local norm through ‘age‐grading’. Secondly, diachronically, the preference forInternalFOR (based on Right‐Left‐Front‐Back) has gradually increased over the past century. There is, therefore, a ‘generational change’ motivated by the linguistic marketplace. In contrast, as a community‐wide preference forInternalFOR expressions prevails, there is an accompanying gradual decrease in the use of deictic expressions such as ‘here/there/over there’. This indicates a partially complementary relationship between deixis andInternalFOR.