This study is aimed at classifying the type and function of repetition and analyzing it in pragmatic and syntactic aspects based on the Korean and Japanese spoken languages. Based on the results of such a contrastive study, the aim is to provide a new...
This study is aimed at classifying the type and function of repetition and analyzing it in pragmatic and syntactic aspects based on the Korean and Japanese spoken languages. Based on the results of such a contrastive study, the aim is to provide a new and reasonable method of learning Korean effectively for students of Japanese through repetition from the viewpoint of Korean language education for native speakers of Japanese. The study of contrastive linguistics of Korean and Japanese has been considerable, but so far the focus has been on various aspects other than a research study on the contrastive repetition of the two languages.
In Chapter 1, various theories on repetition are reviewed, and the research material and transcription are introduced.
In Chapter 2, the general concept of repetition is explained, with the list of conditions of repetition limited by anaphora especially suggested. These conditions of repetition are a logical criterion for the link of similar meanings in utterance.
In Chapter 3, conversational analysis, on which this analysis is based, is explained and attempted. Also, a new methodology for the analysis of repetition is applied to conversational analysis from three points of view: the speaker and listener, time of utterance, and context.
In Chapter 4, repetition in Japanese is analyzed separately into two approaches based on the syntactic and pragmatic parts. In the syntactic part, repetition is redivided into three parts: the form, position in the sentence, and composition of the sentence, which are analyzed in detail and the functions of which are explained. In the pragmatic part, repetition is redivided into three parts: politeness, information structure, and micropragmatics. The theoretical theory based on each part is reviewed and analyzed equally in the syntactic approach.
In Chapter 5, the results analyzed in Chapter 4 are studied. Repetition in Korean and Japanese are contrasted and analyzed separately into two approaches based on the syntactic and pragmatic parts. This analysis showed that repetition in the two languages from syntactic and pragmatic aspects shared some things in common but showed significant differences in terms of actual use. It also showed that the contrastive study based on the syntactic approach had some things in common with the form, position in the sentence, and composition of the sentence. On the other hand, the contrastive study of repetition based on the pragmatic approach showed a big difference in the context, for example, the criterion in utterance, the relationship between the speaker and listener, and the function in utterance. There were three concrete differences in the pragmatic approach. Firstly, repetition related to politeness in Korean and Japanese is each performed by different criterion: age disparity or the uchi-soto relationship. This analysis found that repetition of politeness in Korean is performed by the same form of repetition according to age disparity. But repetition of politeness in Japanese is performed by a different form of repetition according to the uchi-soto relationship. This analysis also suggested that a negative face has a relatively important position on repetition in Japanese. Secondly, repetition in information structure is presented in the order of new information-old information or old information-new information, thus showing a different result from preceding researches. Thirdly, this study showed that the back channel presented by repetition related to micropragmatics happens with high frequency, and sentence finals of repetition in Japanese play a relatively diverse function and occur in various forms.
In Chapter 6, this study presents a strategy for learning Korean for students of Japanese through repetition. The usefulness of learning repetition in Korean and Japanese is discussed. Based on the results of contrastive analysis with regard to form, honorifics, face, discourse marker and sentence finals, learning strategies through grammatical and pragmatic approaches are provided.