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Politeness Strategy in Intonation Based on Age: Through Analysis of Spontaneous Speech of Those in 10s, 20s, and 30s Women

  • Korean Semantics
  • 2014, 45(), pp.99-127
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Semantics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

Jo Min-ha 1

1경희대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to examine the principle of politeness strategy in intonation based on the age. For that, the spontaneous speech of women in their 10s, 20s, and 30s was analyzed to investigate the boundary tones of intonation phrase combined with connective endings of utterance. The results of analysis showed that various connective endings and nonassertive intonation were used as the age was higher. '- neundae', expressive of subjective meaning, and the statement intonation 'L' were often used among the teenagers. The use of connective endings, such as '-nikka', '-go', '-emyeon', and nonassertive 'M:' and 'L:' increased among those in their 20s. Meanwhile, the use of connective endings expressive of clearer and more objective meaning increased among those in their 30s, along with the use of ‘HL:' showing the emotion of speaker. The politeness towards the listeners was manifested through multifarious variation of intonation which is a nonlinguistic element, rather than linguistic elements, as the age was higher.

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