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A Study on the Change of Functions of Duibuqi

Park Chan Wook 1

1서울여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study aims to investigate the change of functions of duibuqi and analysisother fuctions of duibuqi apart from apology from pragmatics and conversationanalysis perspectives. Duibuqi consists of dui(face) and buqi(be not capable ofperforming), and means ‘be not capable of facing’. After that, it is assumed tohave changed to ‘ashamed’ and finally ‘sorry’. In terms of functions, duibuqi is generally regarded as meaning ‘sorry’ typically,so mei guanxi is considered to consist adjacency pair with it, but in this investigation,mei guanxi is very little adjacent to duibuqi contrary to expectation(n=2/28,per.=7.1/100). About half of duibuqi(n=15/28, per.=53.6/100) functions in apologyaction sequence, and in the sequence, duibuqi functions much more for take thelead in apology(n=11/15) but not for a reaction against scolding(n=4/15). Andthe other half of duibuqi(n=13/28, per.=46.4/100) functions for softening the impactof reject or direct action, or for switching situations, e.g. from favorable situationto unfavorable situation, or for expressing speaker’s emotion to the other’s repairetc. Consequently, duibuqi has being changed its meanings and its functions isbeing changed accordingly.

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