본문 바로가기
  • Home

A Proposal for the Concept of the Idiomatic Expressions in Korean Sign Language

  • Korean Semantics
  • 2018, 60(), pp.93-120
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Semantics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature
  • Published : June 30, 2018

KiHyun Nam 1

1강남대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to identify the misunderstanding of the concept of idiomatic expressions in Korean Sign Language(KSL) and to propose the concept of idiomatic expressions in KSL. Considering the so-called ‘농식수어’ as a idiomatic expression, it hinders understanding of the idiomatic expression concept in KSL. Therefore, this study examined idiomatic expression formation through sign modification and the productivity of idiomatic expression according to the definition of narrow meaning of idiomatic expressions. First, in KSL, sign modification forms antonym and polysemy, and realize adverbials, while idiomatic expressions are a combination of two or more elements. Next, to analyze the productivity of idiomatic expressions in KSL, we analyzed the phrases that include [강하다], [힘], [귀신], [갈등], [장애], and [쥐]. In terms of semantic and morphological criterion of idiomatic expressions, some of them can not be regarded as idiomatic expressions in that components can replace other signs and the meaning of the phrases is literal meaning.

Citation status

* References for papers published after 2023 are currently being built.