～は～となっているplaceholder

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  Pushindawood

  it is (has been)
  have/has become
  happen to be
  has been established

  Structure

  • Noun + は / が + Noun + となっている
  • Noun + は / が + な-Adjective + となっている

  となっている can also appear as a conjunctive:
  となっていて or となっており¹

  [Very often translated as “to be”・Can be rephrased to になっている, but となっている is more formal and has more of a sense of finality]

  [Expresses that some change has happened and persists or implies that something has reached its final stage]

  [Often used to explain/convey a new fact to readers/listeners (e.g. in comparison with the previous state of something, expressing a rule, tradition, etc.)]

  [¹In writing, ており is

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  MZa

  Could you explain why the と particle is used here? With which meaning? If it is as the quotation particle, i don’t see the logic behind it.

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  jptr

  "The verb なる means to be or to become, to turn into.

  Adding と and に in front it changes the meaning a bit.

  The basic differences? While になる is a natural change, となる implies having reached a final stage."

  From this article:
  https://maggiesensei.com/2010/12/10/となる-vs-になる　-to-naru-vs-ni-naru/

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  blacktide

  Based on the post below on Japanese StackExchange, it seems that it’s the quotative particle, although I can’t find a good explanation to why.

  Here are some detailed nuances based on my studies.

  となる is similar to になる but with the following changes:

  • となる can only be used with nouns.
  • となる is more formal and not used often in conversation.
  • となる has a dramatic tone.
  • となる implies reaching a “final stage” as @jptr menti...
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  okayfrog

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  nekoyama

  The grammar point for the formal conjunctive is a bit earlier in N3, but いる is a special case: It’s not used in this form and instead replaced with おる.

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  okayfrog

  oh that grammar point. tbh, I never really understood that point.