Open AccessThe Use of Japanese Personal Pronoun based on Gender in “Narcissu” by Tomo Kataoka
Author(s) -
Hadiid Hideo Nusantara
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
japanedu/jurnal japanedu
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2776-4478
pISSN - 2528-5548
DOI - 10.17509/japanedu.v5i1.22036
Subject(s) - personal pronoun , pronoun , subject pronoun , conversation , psychology , linguistics , object pronoun , perception , perspective (graphical) , point (geometry) , context (archaeology) , third person , computer science , communication , artificial intelligence , history , mathematics , philosophy , geometry , archaeology , neuroscience , psychoanalysis
This article discussed the difference of Japanese pronouns based on gender from literature point of view. The database of this study was a novel entitled “Narcissu” by Japanese author Tomo Kataoka. The research method used in this research was descriptive method. In analysing the novel, author used the morphology theories by Harumi Tanaka (1982). The findings of this study showed that the use of personal pronoun including first-person pronouns, second-person pronouns, and third-person pronouns in the novel were influenced greatly by gender. The difference in using these personal pronouns were caused by the difference in man and woman’s perception. Based on the data, there were tendency that the speakers choose the best word to utter to their interlocutor based on their own perspective, influenced by the situation and the context. The findings of this study was expected to help foreign language learners to understand better about the use of Japanese personal pronoun based on gender, mainly in conversation.