好意の伝達としての「告白」方略分析

Abstract

In this study, we determined what the more favored means of communication for “confession” strategies used by both men and women. Then, it is in our best interest to analyze the linguistic structures of the communication strategies discussed. As a result of the study, the confession expressions that were revealed were: “Please go out with me”, to express the emotions of liking someone through “I like you”, and lastly “I want us to be together”. Instead of just “Please go out with me”, other expressions such as “I like you” and “I want to be with you” were also confirmed in this study.

In the study, there were two most popular methods of confession which was “expressing/confessing the feeling of liking the person” or “to go out on a date together”. Despite those two most popular methods, there were also eleven other types of ways of expressing one’s functional expressions.