さっき丁寧体で紹介した「いや」この「いや」は普通体でもよく使います。

What is the function of でも here?
CC BY-SA 4.0
2020-05-10T20:13:19.257
77205
2020-05-10T22:11:14.433
2020-05-10T21:02:07.667
-1
38920
question
grammar
What is the function of でも in the following sentence?
Here, でも is used to show contrast, and it could be roughly translated as
"even" in English. I think it's the most common usage of でも.

> この「いや」は普通体でもよく使います。 This 「いや」is used often, **even** in normal style.

If you are familiar with the grammar い-adjective + くても 〜 , you can think of
this as the noun/な-adjective version of the same grammar point, and the
meaning will become easier to grasp:

い-adj (drop い) +くても 〜

> 寒く **ても** 、ジャケットを着ないで出かけた。 **Even** though it was cold, I went out without
> wearing a jacket.

Noun (or な-adj) + でも 〜

> 雨 **でも** 、傘を持たないで出かけた。 **Despite** the rain, I went out without an umbrella.
>
> 普通体 **でも** よく使います。 **Even** in the normal style, it is often used. / **Even
> though** [it is] normal style, it is often used.

* * *

Edit: after giving it a second read, I think there's another way to look at
this sentence. The combination of the particles で (by means of, with) and も
(also) :

> 「いや」は丁寧体 **で** 使います。We use 「いや」 **with** the polite style.
>
> 「いや」は普通体 **で** 使います。We use 「いや」 **with** the normal style.
>
> 「いや」は丁寧体 **で** 使います。普通体 **でも** 使います。We use 「いや」 **with** the polite style.
> We **also** use it **with** the normal style.

In my opinion, both interpretations make sense and there are many cases where
they overlap. Ultimately, the meaning of the sentence is also determined by
the context.
CC BY-SA 4.0
2020-05-10T20:53:00.647
77206
2020-05-10T21:11:41.503
2020-06-17T08:18:27.500
-1
32952
77205
answer
> さっき 丁寧体 で 紹介 し た 「いや」 この 「いや」 は 普通 体 で よく 使い ます
>
> さっき 丁寧体 で 紹介 し た 「いや」 この 「いや」 は 普通 体 で _も_ よく 使い ます

These two sentences express almost the same meaning.

However, in the latter sentence, we emphasize 「普通体」 than the former sentence
by using 「も」.

* * *

In this context, 「も」 is called とりたて助詞(focus particle).

To quote from
[とりたて助詞の機能と解釈](http://www.f.waseda.jp/harada/documents/ircjs-1995.pdf)

> The basic semantic function of 'toritate'(designting)-particles in Japanese,
> which correspond to so-called 'focus particles' in English, is to designate
> an ob ject in the context as the focused element, and to quantify the set of
> its alternatives (contrastive objects).

We can form とりたて-form by appending 「は」 or 「も」 after another case particle
(格助詞).

> このゲームはアメリカで遊べます。このゲームは日本で _も_ 遊べます。
>
> We can play this game in America. We can play this game even in Japan.

Here, we append the focus particle 「も」 after the case particle 「で」 to
emphasize “even in Japan”.

> このゲームはアメリカでは遊べません。このゲームは日本で _は_ 遊べます。
>
> We cannot play this game in America. But we can play this game in Japan.

Here, we append the focus particle 「は」 after the case particle 「で」 to
emphasize “but in Japan”.
CC BY-SA 4.0
2020-05-10T22:11:14.433
77208
2020-05-10T22:11:14.433
2020-06-17T08:18:27.500
-1
38922
77205
answer