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The meaning of idiomatic emotion expression which can be captured by it's structure

  • Korean Semantics
  • 2011, 35(), pp.311-334
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Semantics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

Sukjae Choi 1 Jeong Yeonju 2 정경미 3 Hong, Jongseon 3

1성신여자대학교
2가톨릭대학교
3고려대학교

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ABSTRACT

Emotion often explains many behaviors in our life. Besides rational reason, many behaviors result from what we have felt. Because of that it is very important to express our feeling and to distinguish others' emotion. In this paper we studied idiomatic emotion expressions to see how the structure contributes to express emotion. As a result we found follow three. First, usually idiomatic emotion expression use ‘Nominative noun + Predicate’ structure to show emotion's spontaneous property. This type occupies nearly 70% of those idioms. Second, ‘Accusative noun + Predicate’ structure is effective in showing the Experiencer's activeness and the emotion's intense. Third, 'Noun phrase' and 'Verb phrase' are also used for emotional expression. They can describe some situations, but it is very rare.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.