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A Study on the Consolation Speech Act for Korean Education -Focusing on close friends in their 20s and 30s-

  • Cross-Cultural Studies
  • 2019, 56(), pp.199-224
  • DOI : 10.21049/ccs.2019.56..199
  • Publisher : Center for Cross Culture Studies
  • Research Area : Humanities > Literature
  • Received : August 10, 2019
  • Accepted : September 3, 2019
  • Published : September 30, 2019

Piao XiangChun 1 Yang, Myunghee 1

1중앙대학교

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ABSTRACT

The aim of this study is to investigate consolation speech acts patterns in native Korean speakers to improve the communication among Korean language learners. First, after investigating difficult consolation situations between close relationships for those in their 20s and 30s, who take up a large portion among Korean language learners, and finally 10 most common situations were chosen. Then, the native Korean speakers, in their 20s and 30s, were also surveyed on how to use consolation speech acts. The results of this study showed that there were some differences in the consolation speech acts using, not only according to the gender of speakers but also according to the gender of hearers. Specifically, within the same sex, there was a substantial difference in speech acts in situations of failure, partings, and loss, whereas among the opposite sex, speech difference was found in situations of parting and reprimand. Although there were no distinct differences according to the genders of speakers and hearers in other situations, there were differences in the speech act characteristics between males and females, as certain characterized consolation speech act methods were preferred according to the situations. The results of this study will serve as basic learning data that can be used for effective consolation speech act education for Korean learners in the future.

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