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Features of the Structure and Development of ‘Apology Discourse’ in Korean and Japanese university students : Focused on Politeness Theory

  • The Japanese Language Association of Korea
  • Abbr : JLAK
  • 2016, (48), pp.85-103
  • Publisher : The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature

JungHyunAa 1

1서경대학교

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ABSTRACT

In a heavily imposing scene of apology, it turned out that both Korean and Japanese male and female university students tend to use more ‘prepositional discourse’ and ‘negotiating discourse’. Especially, the apologetic process under this condition turned out to be quite complex; apology could or could not be accepted according to the interaction of ‘core discourse’ and ‘negotiating discourse’. 10 apologetic conversations of Korean males (total 16) and 14 apologetic conversations of Korean females (total 16) were accepted by the party who was in a position of receiving the apology, while 11 apologetic conversations of Japanese males (total 16) and 8 apologetic conversations of Japanese females (total 16) were accepted by the party who was in a position of receiving the apology. In short, it turned out that in a heavily imposing situation, ‘core discourse’ decreases while ‘negotiating discourse’—a focus on reactions to solve a problem—increases. However, both Korean and Japanese male university students tended to repeat ‘core discourse’ and ‘negotiating discourse’ in order to have their apology accepted. On the other hand, Japanese females had a strong tendency to change their intention when the party receiving the apology directly expresses rejection to the apology. Korean females showed an active tendency to propose solutions such as laying down an alternative.

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