産出の流れ / 5章 つなげて伸ばす ― 言いながら足す
Keep It Going
産出編⑤(仕上げ) ― 流暢に聞こえるのに、長くて複雑な文はいらない。短い核をひとつ言って、小さなつなぎ語(and, but, so, because…)で次をひっかけて「止まらない」だけ。流暢さは、ひとつの完璧な構造ではなく、小さな部品の鎖。Just Start・かたまり・語順を、ここで一本につなぐ。
You said your first short sentence. "I was tired." Good. Now you stop. You think: how do I say a longer, smarter sentence? But that is the wrong question. You do not need a long sentence. You need to keep going.
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Fluency is a chain, not one big sentence
Listen to a fluent speaker. They do not make one perfect, complex sentence. They say a small piece, then hook on another. "I was tired… so I went home… because I had work early." Three tiny parts. Each one is easy. The little words in the middle do all the work.
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These little words are connectors: and, but, so, because, that, who. Each one is a hook. You say a piece, you grab a connector, and the connector pulls the next piece out of you. The sentence grows on the end — while you talk.
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When you reach the end, don’t stop
Here is the old habit. You finish a clause — "I went home" — and you stop to plan the next perfect sentence. That stop is the silence. That stop is where you lose the flow.
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So do the opposite. The moment you reach the end, do not plan — reach for a connector. "…and…" "…but…" "…because…" The connector keeps the door open. You do not even know what comes next yet, and that is fine. The word pulls it out.
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Even “relative” add-ons are just adding info
"Relative clauses" sound scary in grammar class. They are not. They are just one more thing you add after a noun. You say "the guy". You want more. So you hook on who and keep going: "the guy who lives next door."
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Same with that: "the thing… that you said." You don't build it all first. You say the noun, then add. A noun, plus a connector, plus more info. That is all a relative clause ever is.
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用語 GLOSSARY
- connectコネクト
- つなぐ。部品と部品をつなぎ合わせること。
- connectorコネクター
- つなぎ語。and, but, so, because, that, who など。
- chainチェイン
- 鎖。小さな輪がつながったもの。
- keep goingキープ ゴーイング
- 止まらずに続ける。"keep + -ing" で「~し続ける」。
- addアド
- 足す。あとから付け加える。
- pieceピース
- かけら、部品。小さなひとまとまり。
掟 RULES TO CITE
- 短い核を先に言い切る。終わったら止まらず、つなぎ語(and / but / so / because)をつかんで続ける。
- 長く複雑な文を作ろうとしない。小さな部品を鎖でつなぐ。これが流暢に聞こえる正体。
- 「the guy」で詰まったら、who をつけて後ろに情報を足す。関係詞も「名詞のあとに足すだけ」。
典拠 SOURCES
- 話し言葉の英語は、書き言葉のような入れ子の長文ではなく、短い節を and/but/so などでつないでいく「連結(coordination)」が中心だと、会話分析・コーパス研究で示されている。
- つなぎ語を口にした瞬間、頭は「次に何か続ける」モードに入る。語を先に出すことが、次の中身を引っぱり出す(産出の増分性)。