@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00004684,
 author = {佐藤, 有希子 and Sato, Yukiko},
 journal = {国際開発研究フォーラム, Forum of International Development Studies},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {The purpose of this study is to examine functions of ‘un’ and ‘so’ as fillers. A “filler” is defined as a speaker’s expression that doesn’t have substantial meaning or concrete referent. The data consists of 5 conversations between 2 Japanese native speakers. The sum total recording time is 3.5 hours. “Turn” is used as the unit of analysis. As a result, the following points have been clarified. ‘Un’ was used for 3 functions: 1) as an opening signal at the head or middle of a turn, 2) as a follow-up at the head of a turn, and 3) to show the speaker’s conviction towards his previous utterances at the end of a turn. So, on the other hand, ‘so’was used for an opening signal at the head or middle of a turn. Although the point of difference between ‘un’ and ‘so’ was not so mutually exclusive, they portrayed different meanings when a speaker used them to talk about his opinion or relay a story. Here, ‘un’ shows the speaker’s conviction towards the next utterance. On the other hand, ‘so’ shows that a speaker is still thinking or just noticing what to speak about. At the end of a turn, both ‘un’ and ‘so’ communicate the speaker’s conviction towards his previous utterances.},
 pages = {107--124},
 title = {日本語母語話者の雑談における「うん」と「そう」: フィラーとして用いられる場合},
 volume = {29},
 year = {2005}
}