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A contrastive study on language expressions in positive/negative evaluating situations among Korean, Japanese and Chinese: In the case between close friends

  • The Japanese Language Association of Korea
  • Abbr : JLAK
  • 2022, (71), pp.145-166
  • DOI : 10.14817/jlak.2022.71.145
  • Publisher : The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature
  • Received : December 31, 2021
  • Accepted : March 3, 2022
  • Published : March 20, 2022

趙 海城(Zhao, Haicheng) 1 Kyungboon KIM 2 Sekizaki, Hironori 3

1명성대학교
2明星大學
3츠쿠바대학

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ABSTRACT

This study examines the commonalities and differences between Korean, Japanese, and Chinese regarding positive/negative evaluating expressions between close friends. The social norms and rules reflected in the characteristics of each language are also considered. The subjects of the survey are male and female college students living in Korea, Japan, and China, and the results of the survey are as follows. 1) In all three languages, except in the cleaning scene, the mention rate of positive evaluations was higher than that of negative evaluations. In negative evaluations, evaluating expressions decreased, and the use of other expressions increased. In addition, there was a difference in the mention rate according to the evaluation target. In positive evaluations, all three languages appeared in the order of hairstyle ≧ grades > cleaning > iPad > family relationship. 2) In Korean, there was a large difference in the rate of mentions between positive and negative evaluations, and there was a tendency to clearly mention the good points and hesitate to mention the bad points. In addition, expressions other than evaluation were used together to show a sense of solidarity with others (termed empathy type). 3) In Japanese, there were only references to facts, actions, and situations, and these can be viewed as evaluations. Even if the interlocutor was a close friend, they avoided deep involvement and expressed evaluations briefly (termed dispassionate type). 4) There were many evaluative expressions in Chinese, and especially in negative evaluations, people tried to correct the other person's behavior through caution and advice. They tended to actively engage with close friends (termed interventional type).

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