ってだけだし

zuotengdazuo · 2 Mar 2020

でも俺もあいつも、いまいち自信がないんですよ。他に目撃者がいるわけでもないし、起きたことといえばけっ結局びしょ濡れになったってだけだし。

Hi. What is the function of the って here?

By the way, does the underlined わけでもない mean "That is not to say ~" or "That doesn't mean ~"? But I feel this meaning doesn't fit in the context? I feel "Because there are no other witnesses" makes more sense.

Thank you.

Toritoribe · 2 Mar 2020

zuotengdazuo said:
What is the function of the って here?

It's という, as always. って/という is for quotation, so it adds a nuance something like 「びしょ濡れになった」って/というだけ. The meaning is the same without it, though.

zuotengdazuo said:
By the way, does the underlined わけでもない mean "That is not to say ~" or "That doesn't mean ~"? But I feel this meaning doesn't fit in the context? I feel "Because there are no other witnesses" makes more sense.

It's used to soften the nuance.

わけ【訳】の解説
６（「わけではない」の形で）否定・断定をやわらげた言い方。「だからといって君が憎い訳ではない」「別に反対する訳ではない」

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zuotengdazuo · 2 Mar 2020

Thank you.

Toritoribe said:
It's used to soften the nuance.

So it is just a mild way to negate the statement? I previously thought for わけでもない to work, there must be some kind of premise and then you say it doesn't necessarily lead to a certain conclusion or result. (e.g. Although I said something bad to you, it doesn't mean I hate you) But in the op, there is no such premise.

Toritoribe · 2 Mar 2020

いまいち自信がないんですよ can be rephrased with そんなに自信があるわけでもないんですよ, for instance.

zuotengdazuo · 3 Mar 2020

Thank you again.

Toritoribe said:
It's used to soften the nuance.

I may have misunderstood you, but what "nuance" do you mean?

Toritoribe said:
いまいち自信がないんですよ can be rephrased with そんなに自信があるわけでもないんですよ, for instance.

My grammar book says わけではない is used to deny what is implied either in the previous statement or in the following statement. Sometimes the statement is not stated but is implied. For example, 結果さえよければいいというわけではない。implies a statement along the lines of 結果がいいことは大切だ。 Do you think the わけでもない also implies some statement?

Toritoribe · 3 Mar 2020

zuotengdazuo said:
I may have misunderstood you, but what "nuance" do you mean?

I meant the nuance of negation.

zuotengdazuo said:
Do you think the わけでもない also implies some statement?

In this usage, no.

zuotengdazuo · 3 Mar 2020

Thank you again.

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