文末表現「~ソウダ」についての一考察

Sentence end expression a verbal inflection for concluding a sentence + SOUDA has been explained as expression of DENBUN and a verbal inflection for MASU + SOUDA has been explained as expression of SUIRYOU. Expression of DENBUN and expression of SUIRYOU have been explained as a separate expression. This study turns out that expression of DENBUN by ~(RU) SOUDA and expression of SUIRYOU by ~(SI)SOUDA show the grade of cognitive process of the speaker how a speaker catches the contents of utterance. It turns out that both expressions are explained by the stage of the cognition about a speaker s contents of utterance on the same line of cognitive process. It is explained that ~(RU)SOUDA and ~(SI)SOUDA are on the same line of the stage of the grade of cognitive process about speaker s contents of utterance, not unrelated. The below table shows the grade of cognitive process by speaker s contents of utterance are in order of INYOU, DENBUN, and SUIRYOU.