A Functional and Historical Study of the Attributive Form of Verbs and Adjectives in Old Japanese

下面的研究旨在通过分析古日语中动词和形容词的共轭系统本身和定语形式的功能来揭示古日语中动词和形容词定语形式的语法特征。在平安时代的日语中，定语形式的主要功能是修饰名词或构成准名词性短语。在古日语中流行的kakarimusubi在功能上几乎与“noda”（现代日语中表达范围的常见连词）相同，因为在kakarimusubi中发现的定语形式形成了一个准名义短语。此外，定语形式所表达的“伪感叹功能”也可以说构成了准名词性短语。平安时代以后，由于定语形式失去了构成准名词性短语的功能，定语形式变得与终末形式类似，kakarimusubi逐渐被淘汰。

The following research aims to reveal the grammatical characteristics of the attributive form of verbs and adjectives in Old Japanese by conducting an analysis of the functions of both the conjugational system itself and the attributive form in Old Japanese. In Heian Era Japanese, the main function of the attributive form is to modify a noun or to create a quasi-nominal phrase. The kakarimusubi prevalent in Old Japanese is almost identical in function to "noda" (a common copula found in Modern Japanese expressing scope) in the sense that the attributive form found in the kakarimusubi forms a quasi-nominal phrase. In addition, the gikanjutsuho (psuedo-exclamatory function) expressed by the attributive form can also be said to form a quasi-nominal phrase. As the attributive form loses its function to form quasi-nominal phrases after the Heian Era, the attributive form becomes analogous with the terminal form and the kakarimusubi fades out of usage.