@article{ART003019505},
author={Jeong-Ae Lee},
title={The Fear of Korean : The semantic analysis of ‘keop’},
journal={Korean Language & Literature},
issn={1229-1730},
year={2023},
number={125},
pages={59-82}
TY - JOUR
AU - Jeong-Ae Lee
TI - The Fear of Korean : The semantic analysis of ‘keop’
JO - Korean Language & Literature
PY - 2023
VL - null
IS - 125
PB - Korean Language & Literature
SP - 59
EP - 82
SN - 1229-1730
AB - The purpose of this study is to analyze the meaning of the Korean emotion word ‘겁(keop)’ by applying the NSM proposed by Wierzbicka. NSM is a very linguistically and culturally neutral approach and is known to be very useful for cross-cultural comparative research based on the ethnopragmatics. This study attempted to explain the meaning of ‘keop’ by constructing a cognitive scenario with an explanatory framework consisting of canon sentences based on semantic primitives that can be universally understood in any language and their combination, syntax.
First, ‘keop’ (1) which expresses [fear] of physical damage or threats, ‘keop’ (2) which expresses the unknown [fear] of something bad that might happen, ‘keop’ (3) which expresses the anxiety that something bad might happen, ‘keop’ (4), which is expressed in [guilt] of doing something very bad, and ‘keop’ (5), which expresses [embarrassment] when something unexpected happens. This meaning of ‘keop’ can also be compared to the meaning of emotional words such as ‘fright, fear, dread, guilt, surprised’ in English. However, the English word for ‘keop’ cannot be found, and it can only be said to be an emotional key word that comes from the cultural background of the Korean language.
KW - ‘keop’;ethnopragmatics;explanation;semantic prime;Natural Semantic Metalanguage;emotion word;cognitive scenario
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Jeong-Ae Lee. (2023). The Fear of Korean : The semantic analysis of ‘keop’. Korean Language & Literature, 125, 59-82.
Jeong-Ae Lee. 2023, "The Fear of Korean : The semantic analysis of ‘keop’", Korean Language & Literature, no.125, pp.59-82.
Jeong-Ae Lee "The Fear of Korean : The semantic analysis of ‘keop’" Korean Language & Literature 125 pp.59-82 (2023) : 59.
Jeong-Ae Lee. The Fear of Korean : The semantic analysis of ‘keop’. 2023; 125 : 59-82.
Jeong-Ae Lee. "The Fear of Korean : The semantic analysis of ‘keop’" Korean Language & Literature no.125(2023) : 59-82.
Jeong-Ae Lee. The Fear of Korean : The semantic analysis of ‘keop’. Korean Language & Literature, 125, 59-82.
Jeong-Ae Lee. The Fear of Korean : The semantic analysis of ‘keop’. Korean Language & Literature. 2023; 125 59-82.
Jeong-Ae Lee. The Fear of Korean : The semantic analysis of ‘keop’. 2023; 125 : 59-82.
Jeong-Ae Lee. "The Fear of Korean : The semantic analysis of ‘keop’" Korean Language & Literature no.125(2023) : 59-82.
