A Study of the Adversative Expression in Colloquial Japanese during the Latter Part of Edo Period

本研究旨在研究江户后期日语口语中的转折表达。特别是调查了在神形地区使用这些词语的实际情况。这一结果与作者所研究的江户地区所用的表达式进行了比较。研究结果阐明了各方言各自特有的现象。此外，通过对两种方言转折词共同特征的研究，揭示了江户后期特有的转折词的特点。

This research aimed to study the adversative expressions of colloquial Japanese during the latter part of Edo period. It especially aimed to investigate the actual situation of those expressions used in the KAMIGATA region. This result was compared with those expressions used in the Edo region which has been studied by the writer. The results clarified the own particular phenomenon of each dialect. In addition, the finding of the common features between these two dialects revealed the characteristics of the adversative expression which is specific to the latter part of Edo period.