我々が言語を用いる際には一定数の言い間違えが生じる。これらの言い間違えは我々が言葉を創出する過程についてのなんらかのヒントを与えてくれる可能性があると考えられ、研究の対象となってきた（寺尾 2006）。例えば、寺尾が幼児の言い間違えに多く見られる要素として挙げている音位転倒は、幼児が一度に処理できる音韻要素の容量について多くの示唆を与えてくれるものである。しかしながら、文法などのより一般的な言語運用能力について考察する上では、また新たなアプローチが必要になると考えられる。そこで、本稿では発話に見られる「言い間違い」ではなく、映画の原稿に見られる非文を分析し、それによって文法構造の背景となる人間の認知パターンについての分析を試みた。その結果、様々な非文の中では主語の省略が最も多く見られたが、特に、主語が図ではなく地として機能する場合に省略が生じる傾向が見られた。つまり、本来の文章の一部を省略すること自体が、「その文章の中のどの部分に話し手の注意を引き付けたいのか」という話し手の意図を反映するものであり、例えば命令文に見られる主語の省略も、同様の機能を果たしているのではないかということが示唆された。

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This article reexamines in detail the poem "Valediction: Forbidding Mourning", 1970, written by the American poet Adrienne Rich (1929-2012), and re-confirms it embodies the most important changing point in her career as a female poet. Here we clarify what is her goals as an American woman and American female poet, and how the poem suggests a new departure as a female poet, analyzing the work and her biographical facts, especially the relationship with her husband, and some possibilities that could be guessed in detail. As a result, we will make sure she challenged, and confronted the present American situation of patriarchy and male-centered, male-dominated society.

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This paper introduces the Romanian Host Town Project of Musashino City, Tokyo, aproject specially organized for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. I report on my experience of visiting and acting as a cultural exchange delegate in Brasov,Romania, in order to shed light on Musashino’s ‘Romanian Host Town Project’, especially established for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, and examine the current efforts and potential of the project. For this purpose, the paper looks back on the history of the relationship between Musashino in Japan and Brasov in Romania, which was originally established based on cultural exchange. I will show how Musashino intercultural exchange activities are often supported by its citizens, non-profit organizations, private-sector enterprises and schools. My observations and arguments are based on the power of ‘grassroots activities’ to reach out to citizens to obtain their understanding and support; this is the basis of Musashino municipal intercultural activities. I argue that the consortium among industry, government and academia is functioning effectively, especially in cultural exchange activities. In order to determine the extent to which citizens are aware and supportive of the project, I rely upon the municipal opinion poll. The opinion poll indicates promising results among the younger generations, but the project has yet to obtain wider recognition and support by the citizens for its intended purpose in 2020 and thereafter.

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