@article{oai:u-ryukyu.repo.nii.ac.jp:02008518, author = {宮平, 勝行 and Miyahira, Katsuyuki}, issue = {25}, journal = {言語文化研究紀要 : Scripsimus}, month = {Oct}, note = {Everyday discourse in present-day Okinawa includes some remnant features of language use that have been passed down from Uchinaaguchi (Okinawan language) . Consequently, seemingly identical surface structures of Japanese and Okinawan may convey quite different modality. This study takes up one such modality marker. utterance final "shiyō ne," and carries out a contrastive analysis between Okinawan and standard Japanese discourse. The analysis of discourse data that were extracted from stage dramas and essays on some outlandish and yet likable Okinawan elderly characters reveals some distinctive modality features of "shiyō ne." It is used to confirm with a listener about an action a speaker intends to carry out. It is also used to induce an already agreed-upon action and to propose a joint action. However, it cannot be used to draw a wavering listener into a speaker's action. In contrast. all these modality features are enacted by "shiyō" in standard Japanese. Additionally. the study identified a common modality feature that expresses a speaker's wish for a listener. Many of these distinctive features derive from the modality marker's listener orientation and responsiveness to the contingency of an event. As such. "shiyō ne" is a composite modality marker that allows interlocutors to construct an alignment structure that is conducive to assertions of a\nspeaker's volition., 紀要論文}, pages = {125--148}, title = {沖縄ことばのモダリティ標識「しようね」の一考察}, year = {2016} }