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Meaning acquisition of politeness of request speech act including ‘-겠-’ by Chinese learners of Korean

  • Korean Semantics
  • 2013, 40(), pp.415-439
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Semantics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

Jin Jeong 1

1이화여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to identify how Chinese learners of Koran acquire the meaning of politeness of ‘-겠-’ in a request speech act. Research subjects were 20 Chinese learners who were studying Korean in Korea and attending a university in Seoul. The research results include the following. First, the scope of ‘-겠-’, which could be produced was smaller than that of the meaning of politeness perceived by Chinese learners of Korean. Second, learners used ‘-겠-’ distinctively according to distance between a speaker and a listener and superiors in power. Third, learners perceived that they felt awkward in making a request using a declarative sentence although it may be a polite way of making a request; thus, the frequency in use was very low. (Ewha Womans University)

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