| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立高雄第一科技大學 === 應用日語研究所 === 103 === The aim of this thesis is to explore the usage of the preliminary marks "noda" in spoken Japanese for Taiwanese learners. The preliminary marks "noda" is used when there is something that a speaker would like to imply. It is difficult for the learner of Japanese to distinguish the difference between the use of "noda" as a way to emphasize or explain an idea and the preliminary marks "noda" which is used to imply that there is more to the statement. There are two questionnaires used in this thesis: one is a conversation-oriented questionnaire, namely, the Discourse Completion Test, and the other is a descriptive questionnaire about the differences between "masu" ending sentences and "noda" ending sentences.
According to the Discourse Completion Test, Taiwanese learners got less correct answers than Japanese native speakers did. Also, in all the questions, not only Taiwanese learners but also Japanese native speakers made unnatural responses when the preliminary marks "noda" was used. The unnatural responses were found especially in the discourse completion questions which have common use language such as "went to the bathroom" or "had bread for breakfast." Many unnatural responses were given because it is hard to anticipate what a speaker is really trying to convey when using the preliminary marks "noda". On the other hand, there were more correct answers given in questions where “noda” was used to imply an invitation or request from the speaker, meaning these concepts appear easier to understand.
According to the descriptive questionnaire, only 27% of Taiwanese learners in the study understood the nuance of the preliminary marks “noda” to indicate that the speaker has something more that they’re trying to imply. However, only 3% answered all of the questions regarding the usage of the preliminary marks “noda”. This finding shows that some Taiwanese learners may understand the nuance of the preliminary marks “noda”, but very few of them understand the usage of it.
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