从焦点理论看“日语汉字缩略语”

Observing Chinese character abbreviation in Japanese from perspective of focus theory

在目前的"日语汉字缩略语"研究中,缩略语的构词形式和音节特征被广泛提及,但是对词素的研究并不多见。从焦点理论角度出发,本文采用推断统计法对522条常用"日语汉字缩略语"进行统计,并分析日语汉字缩略类型及其缩略规律。分析结果显示,在日语汉字缩略语形成过程中,原词的首字就是缩略语的首选对象,即缩略语的信息焦点来自原词的第一个词素。

At present,word formation and syllable features of abbreviation are mentioned extensively in Japanese study of Chinese character abbreviation,but its morphemes are seldom studied.This dissertation aims to analyze Chinese character abbreviation in Japanese and the rules governing it by collecting 522 pieces of generally used abbreviations through the method of Inferential Statistics from the perspective of the Focus Theory.The analyzing result shows that the initial of the original word should be the first chosen object in establishment of Chinese character abbreviation in Japanese,that is to say,the information core comes from the first morpheme of the original word.