新流行詞的使用狀況──流行時間與使用領域

Japanese Neologism: Its Time Span and Semantic Field

語言會隨時間變化。各個時代有其新詞的產生。新詞當中又有流行詞，即所謂「新流行詞」。「新流行詞」基於社會或心理的因素等，往往為當時的人們所愛用。為了了解「新流行詞」的使用狀況，本稿以日本從1996年至1998年的「新流行詞」為對象進行了考察，了解「新流行詞」隨著時代變遷所引起的一些變化。觀察這些「新流行詞」在報紙不同版面出現的情形得以了解「新流行詞」的使用分野與領域，更進而剖析出各語的性質。另外，一般認為具「一過性」的流行語很多，本稿以客觀量化的角度觀測了流行語流行的程度。

Language changes with time. Newly coined words appeared from time to time. Some neologism became vogue words, that is, the ”vogue words in neologism”, owing to various social and psychological reasons.This study investigates how the ”vogue words in neologism” were used in Japan, particularly on the time evolutions during 1996-1998. From the observation of practical usages of vogue words in newspapers, we can infer the characteristics and sources of those vogue words. In addition, the authors quantified the previously-cited ”temporariness” proposed by other authors based on the usage of frequencies of vogue words in newspapers to reveal the popularity of each vogue word.