2019, Vol.65, No.

Korean Semantics 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 1.11

pISSN : 1226-7198 / eISSN : 2734-0171
https://journal.kci.go.kr/semantics

This research investigates language lstrategies focusing on the four domains of communicative competence. A survey was conducted among 421 participants in three different countries over three years using Language Strategy Use Inventory. The quantitative data from the survey was analyzed using univariate ANOVAs and Pearson correlation in SPSS 24. The findings are as follows: 1) The greatest frequency of strategies appeared in the category of discourse competence followed by strategic competence, grammatical competence, and then sociolinguistic competence. 2) The analysis of strategies according to the variables of learners revealed that grammatical competence is influenced by Korean study place; sociolinguistic competence is influenced by gender, overseas study experience, Korean study place, graduation/schooling country, KFL/KSL, and heritage status; strategic competence is influenced by gender; and discourse competence is not influenced by any factors.

This paper aims to show iconic gestures of Korean speakers by analyzing hand gestures of TV discussion program participants. Iconic gestures can be divided into three cases: when referring to an object through the form or shape of the object, when referring to an object through the object-related act, and when the speakers act according to the event they are talking about. To effectively refer to the object the speakers are describing, they show the aspect of the object by using hands or fingers or makes gestures to demonstrate how to deal with the object. Moreover, the speaker imitates the movement of the figures appearing in the story or makes gestures changing the perspective to explain the scenes of the story. Most of the time, they make such gestures without being aware of what they are doing. These iconic gestures facilitate the efficient understanding of the audience or listeners by referring to the object and effectively expressing the situation of the event.

In this paper, I have accounted for some issues which are concerned with the Korean interjections. The findings are as follows. First, Korean interjection is a part of speech which is similar to sentences. Second, there are two criteria[e.g. functional criterion and structural criterion(the internal structure of interjections)] which can classify the Korean interjections on the perspective of word-formation. Third, based on the functional criterion, Korean interjections are classified into hesitative interjection, emotive interjection, reply interjection, call-up interjection, command interjection, and onomatopoeic interjection, etc. Fourth, based on the structural criterion(the internal structure of interjections), Korean interjections are classified into simple interjection(e.g. root interjection, base-modificated interjection, partial reduplicated interjection, etc.) and complex interjection(e.g. compound interjection, derivative interjection, full reduplicated interjection, ending-combined interjection, josa-combined interjection, etc.). Fifth, base modification is mostly involved in the formation of emotive interjection and onomatopoeic interjection. Sixth, nonmorphological word-creating rule and lexicalization are mostly involved in the formation of reply interjection, call-up interjection, command interjection.