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The usage patterns of Japanese and Korean ‘nominal expressions’ and ‘suspended clauses’ in remake dramas: Based on Dragon Zakura and Master of Study

  • The Japanese Language Association of Korea
  • Abbr : JLAK
  • 2021, (70), pp.21-37
  • DOI : 10.14817/jlak.2021.70.21
  • Publisher : The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature
  • Received : September 27, 2021
  • Accepted : November 17, 2021
  • Published : December 20, 2021

Kim, Joung-Min 1

1亜細亜大学

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ABSTRACT

The aim of this study is to examine the usage patterns of Japanese and Korean ‘nominal expressions’ and ‘suspended clauses’ and clarify the similarities and differences between the two languages. For this, based on data from Japanese original dramas and their Korean remake versions, this study analyzes the frequencies of ‘nominal expressions’ and ‘suspended clauses’, and their frequency distributions in terms of the speaker’s gender, and differences in the usage patterns in terms of the social hierarchical relationships (i.e. equals/superiors/inferiors) between the main characters. The findings of this study are as follows. (i) The overall frequency of Japanese ‘nominal expressions’ is higher than that of Korean, whereas the frequency of ‘suspended clauses’ does not show any remarkable difference between the two languages. (ii) In terms of gender, the two languages show commonality in that male speakers use far more ‘nominal expressions’ and ‘suspended clauses’ than female speakers. (iii) The frequency distribution for the social hierarchical relationships of the main characters, from most to least frequent, is as follows: Nominal expressions - Japanese: Superiors>equals>inferiors, Korean: Equals>superiors>inferiors Suspended clauses - Japanese: Equals>superiors>inferiors, Korean: Superiors>equals>inferiors

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