A Sociolinguistic Variation Study of Korean Exclamations ‘eung’ and ‘eo’ (감탄사 ‘응’과 ‘어’ 사용에 나타난 사회언어학적 변이 연구)

Kang Hyeonseok (강현석); Minji Kim (김민지)

doi:10.14353/sjk.2022.30.4.01

A Sociolinguistic Variation Study of Korean Exclamations ‘eung’ and ‘eo’

The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea
Abbr : 사회언어학
2022, 30(4), pp.1-31
DOI : 10.14353/sjk.2022.30.4.01
Publisher : The Sociolinguistic Society Of Korea
Research Area : Humanities > Linguistics
Received : October 31, 2022
Accepted : December 1, 2022
Published : December 30, 2022

Kang Hyeonseok ¹, Minji Kim ²

¹단국대학교
²차의과학대학교

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ABSTRACT

This article examines the variations found in the use of ‘eung’ and ‘eo’ in TV dramas and their scripts. Five series of TV drama televised during the 2010s were used as the data for this study, and 3,202 tokens of {eung} and {eo} were collected from the data. Statistical analyses were conducted using Goldvarb X and LVS (Language Variation Suite). Nine variants of {eung} and six variants of {eo} were observed in the data. Regression analyses showed that ‘discourse function’ of {eung} and {eo} was the primary constraint influencing the variation examined. Age was analyzed as another statistically significant factor: Older people used {eung} variants more often than younger people. This result may be taken to indicate either age grading or linguistic change in progress; further research based on careful methodology is in order for its accurate interpretation.

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‘eung’ and ‘eo’, lexical sociolinguistic variable, discourse particle, regression analysis, discourse meaning

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

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