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Types of Classification in Expressives: a Communication-Based Characteristics

  • Korean Semantics
  • 2011, 34(), pp.319-347
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Semantics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

Hyeyong Lee 1

1서울시립대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to systematically suggest Expressives category, which is seen complexly by classifying a type of Expressives. Thus, the aim was to grasp the position that the individually speech types possess within the whole system of Expressives, and commonality and difference between each other. This study starts with a discussion about concept of Expressives in Chapter Ⅱ. It pointed out what is uncertain in Searle(1969)’s definition of Expressives, which is being generally popular, and defined Expressives specifically. Especially unlike what a speaker-oriented research was performed in the traditional Speech act theory, this study applied the basic position as saying that speech type needs to be classified by considering a hearer to the classification of category in speech type and to the definition of Expressives. Chapter Ⅲ modified and supplemented problems that were indicated in a prior research, and then proposed the standard for classification of Expressives, which considered the communication-based characteristics. As for the standard for the primary classification of Expressives, it suggested ‘position within move sequence’, which had not been considered conventionally. According to this standard, the Expressives was classified into ‘initiative Expressives’ and ‘reactive Expressives’. And, as the standard for secondary classification, ‘communication purpose’ was suggested. Communication purpose implies what is expected from a hearer by which a speaker utters. According to this standard, Expressives was divided into [+sympathy] and [-sympathy]. And then, [+sympathy] was divided into ‘both-party empathy formation’ and ‘hearer’s sympathy.’ [-Sympathy] was divided into ‘hearer’s hostility.’ And, according again to speaker’s recognition on situation, it was divided into ‘positive emotion on situation’ and ‘negative emotion on situation’. In addition, it classified Expressives in totally 25 pieces by giving semantically․situationally specific conditions to every individual speech type according to the standard for ‘speaker’s emotion on situation’, ‘role of participants in situation’, and ‘content and tense in situation’. Chapter Ⅳ completed and suggested Expressives in Korean language.

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