Abstract
This article is written for studying sentence pattern and usage in adjective predicative sentence that express ‘Sinsokankei’. The adjetive that denote ‘Sinsokankei’ are analyzed in two categories, orginal-adjective and transferred-adjective. The main results of the analysis can be summarized as follows.<BR> ① Typical examples are ‘Shitasii’ of orginal-adjecitve and ‘Ii, Warui, Nai’ of transferred-adjective. The adjectives of these two types represent a wide difference in sentence pattern and usage.<BR> ② The main sentence patterns of original-adjective are ｢N2ha․ga＋N1to＋A｣ and ｢N1ha․ga＋A. On the other hand, the main sentence patterns of transferred-adjective are ｢N3ha(ga)＋N2to+N1ga＋A｣ and ｢N2ha(ga)＋N1ga＋A｣.<BR> ③ Transferred-adjective required additional noun pharases because the semantic attribute of the word are weak compare to original-adjective. This is why there are more noun phrases in the sentence pattern. And, while ‘Ii and Warui’ of transferred-adjective mean general judgement of ‘Sinsokankei’, ‘Nai’ means absence of ‘Sinsokankei’.<BR> ④ The most basic sentenc pattern is ｢N2ha․ga＋N1to＋A｣ in original-adjective and ｢N3ha(ga)＋N2to+N1ga＋A｣ in tranferred-adjective. Both patterns are used for the objective of judging ‘Sinsokankei’.<BR> ⑤ There is a lot of abbreviations and reordering of two noun phrases in ｢N2ha․ga＋N1to＋A｣ and ｢N3ha(ga)＋N2to+N1ga＋A｣.
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