2016 年 20 巻 2 号 p. 68-76
The sentence-final particle ne, if used with rising intonation, expresses seeking confirmation. However, when rising ne is connected to a sentence nominalized by no(da), it functions to share information that is inaccessible to listeners. It is interpreted as seeking confirmation only when listeners can directly access the information. Nominalization by no(da) before rising ne indicates the listener's or speaker's understanding is incomplete. In analyzing the discourse functions of ne, besides types of intonation, we should consider the existence or absence of noda.