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Analysis Of The Japanese Language Of Young People——"KY" Japanese

Posted on:2012-07-16Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X L ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2255330398492513Subject:Japanese Language and Literature
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After the Meiji, Japan fast forward. This development not only embodied in economy, more in the political, social, ideological and cultural. Also on the expression of language which has a strong effect. The language expresses the emerging economic, political, cultural phenomenon. The young people, who most accessible and most willing to accept new things, become the pioneer of the language. Young people’s language, the popular language among young people, express of the new things with its own unique creativity. Young people’s language, used in everyday sayings and phrases mainly by the adolescents around the age of20, is a special language which has young people features. It’s not often used by the others. Young people’s language, can be a new language in the development of the contemporary era. It also can be a very early language, adding a new meaning under the work demand. Young people’s language has its own unique history. The modern young people’s language has its own style and characteristics, to compare with the young people’s language in Forty or fifty time. Young people’s language enjoys the words said in turn, the first word or letter said ahead and the exaggerated representation.With the development of society, young people’s language is rapidly spreading. In Japan, a notably young people’s language in recent years is the KY language."KY" is the simple language of“空气読めなぃ”,it’s Widely used in mobile phone messages and the Internet. The KY language is a simple language which uses the first Rome word to express the sentences or words when spelling Japanese with the Rome words. In2007," KY cabinet" frequently appeared in the media. After that, someone uses "KY language" just as "KY Japanese" because of its versatility. In2011the media described the former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s government with“本当にKYだな...”In recent years, the KY Japanese is popular in the young Japanese. There are certain social causes, but it’s not a new thing. The KY type Japanese major examples as "AM、HD、 HT、IW、3M"and so on.The KY Japanese’s generation and development mainly includes social, linguistic, psychological reasons. With the development of society, the exchanges between people more and more depend on the mobile phone and personal computer. With the development of communication tools, people tend to use the language, which is more simple, convenient, more saving money and time. Therefore, the KY type Japanese appears. The reasons lie in the language as:the Japanese enjoy tagging Japanese with Rome words, written language is more and more close to the spoken language, Japanese originally like abbreviations. The psychological reasons as:young people have less communication with Japan’s large family becoming small family. Japanese group consciousness is strong, so young people are more eager to have the language reflected their own team. To avoid conflict, and be very tactfully express their will is one of the psychological reasons."KY type of Japanese" has its advantages. For example, it can increase the language fun and entertainment, can Tactfully perform difficult topic, increases ambiguity, can improve the group consciousness, can make them independ to the surrounding environment and appear out of the ordinary. At the same time, like a coin has two sides,"KY type of Japanese" also has its not good side. For example, it make the communication between different time have generation gap and boundaries, excessively reliance on personal computers and other communication tools. For "KY type of Japanese" probably are the words that hard to say, at the same time of expressing its intention, strengthen the language violence on the other hand. It also has sense of resistance.The same points and different points among "KY type of Japanese","(?)" that was popular in recent years Japan, and the ellipsis expressions that is popular in China, are the main content and direction which this article studies."KY type of Japanese" is very popular among young people in Japan, but the people who know the KY Japanese and want to use does not account for all. Japanese young people have their own reasons for positive to use "KY type of Japanese" actively or not. There are both advantages and disadvantages of the "KY type of Japanese". No matter to criticize or approve, it is worthy of our study.
Keywords/Search Tags:KY type of Japanese, first letter language, Young people’s language, Abbreviations
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