An empirical study of changes of honorific behavior in Sapporo and Tokyo

2003 ~ 2004年，东京都立大学等大学的学生在东京都文京区根津和西方地区进行了实地调查。2003年和2004年的调查分别有262人和186人举报。通过实地调查，比较了1981年和1982年两个地区居民敬奉行为的现状。结果表明：（1）男女敬奉行为的差异以及根津县和西方县敬奉行为的差异在22年间没有发生变化。(2)在这22年中，保持了年龄组的差异（年轻人以相当低的水平对待年轻和不熟悉的听众的趋势）。(3)年龄组的另一个差异（年轻人对待熟悉的听众的倾向非常低）被传播到其他年龄组，最近中年人变得像以前的年轻人一样。(4)当我们观察对邻居的敬语行为时，人们有一种倾向，他们根据自己对邻居的熟悉程度来使用敬语。

A team of the students of Tokyo Metropolitan University and some other universities conducted field surveys at Nezu and Nishikata area in Bunkyo ward in Tokyo from 2003 to 2004. Numbers of informants in 2003 and 2004 surveys were 262 and 186 respectively. The field surveys were planned to compare the current status of honorific behavior of the residents of the target area and the same behavior of the same area in 1981.The analysis of those data revealed the following points:(1) Differences between men and women and differences between Nezu and Nishikata were not changed through these 22 years.(2) A difference in age-groups (a tendency that younger people treat younger and unfamiliar hearers in fairly low level) was maintained during these 22 years.(3) Another difference in age-groups (a tendency that younger people treat familiar hearers in very low level) was spread to other age-groups and recently middle-aged people became to behave like previous younger people.(4) When we observe honorific behaviors to the neighbors, people have a tendency that they use honorific expressions according to their level of familiarity to the neighbors.