The Level of "Awareness" and the Language Change-Tokyo Metropolitan Area Dialect-

这个研究项目旨在描述一个人在语言变化方面的“意识”程度和“可变性”程度之间的关系。通过将语言模式分为以下四种，我试图找出每种模式的特点：A.高认知度/高可变性，B.高认知度/低可变性，C.低认知度/高可变性，D.低认知度/低可变性。作为A类的个案研究，我研究了“东京原住民对”关西方言“的采用”，在短信中发现的方言“第一地区方言（Bo-Hougen）”，“丰富的第一地区方言（Jimo-Hougen）”，“假地区方言（Nise-Hougen）”。在C类中，我考察了一些以前被认为属于D类的重读现象，特别是“形容词-动词-重读变化”。在语调方面，我研究了与“形容词-动词-重读变化”部分相关的“Tobihane-语调”。“Tobihane语调”通常被认为是B类。研究还发现，词汇项目倾向于A类。现代语调，或者说是韵尾语调，属于A类。正如预期的那样，口音也显示出倾向于C类。关于口音的这一发现与之前认为口音具有D类特征的观点相矛盾。然而，这一关于可变性的新发现似乎发生在这些口音属于同一口音类型的时候。

This research project aims to describe the relationship between a person's degree of ‘awareness' and the degree of ‘changeability' in terms of language change. By categorizing the linguistic patterns into the following four, I attempted to find out each pattern's characteristics : A.high awareness/high changeability, B.high awareness/low changeability, C.low awareness/high changeability, D.low awareness/low changeability.As a case-study of Category A, I studied features such as, ‘adoption of ‘Kansai-Dialect' by Tokyo native inhabitants', dialects found in text message ‘First Regional Dialect (Bo-Hougen)', ‘Rich First Regional Dialect (Jimo-Hougen)' ‘Fake Regional Dialect (Nise-Hougen)'). For Category C, I examined some accentual phenomena that have formerly been considered to be of Category D.Particular focus has been placed on ‘adjectival-conjugation-accented change'.With regard to intonation, ‘Tobihane-Intonation (New Rising Intonation)', which, partly correlates with ‘adjectival-conjugation-accented change' was studied. ‘Tobihane Intonation' is generally considered to be of Category B. The research also found that lexical items tend to be of Category A. Modish, or sentence-final, intonations are of Category A. Accents, as was expected, also showed inclination towards Category C. This finding about accents contradicts with the previous belief that accents would have the characteristic of Category D. This new finding about changeability, however, seems to occur when these accents are of the same accent type.