日语敬语演变进程之探讨

Probe into the Evolution of Honorifics in Japanese

日语的敬语表达形式并非一成不变,它随着社会的发展而不断演变。本文通过诸多文学事例论证了绝对敬语向相对敬语过渡、话题敬语向对话敬语的倾斜、敬度减弱向敬度再增强发展、身份敬语向社交敬语变迁等敬语演变的四大主流进程,并就此对今后敬语的发展趋势做出展望。

Instead of remaining unchanged,the honorifics in Japanese evolve constantly along with the development of society.By quoting a number of literature works,this article is focused on four main-stream evolution courses regarding Japanese honorifics: from absolute honorifics to relative ones;from topical honorifics to conversational ones;from decrease of respect to increase of respect;from status honorifics to social ones.Last but not the least,the author also looks ahead and discusses over the future trend of honorifics.