상관적 장면에서의 종결어미 ‘-는지’ 사용 양상 연구 = A Study on the Usage Patterns of ‘-nunji(는지)’ in the Bilateral Situation

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In this study, to investigate the usage patterns of the closing ending ‘-nunji(는지)’ used in the bilateral situation, linguistic context analysis, speech characteristic analysis, and discourse analysis were conducted on the MIKL Korean Dialogue Corpus (transcription) 2020 (v 1.4).
The analysis results are as follows. The closing ending ‘-nunji(는지)’ used in the bilateral situation constitutes an interrogative sentence by itself. In the bilateral situation, ‘-nunji(는지)’ constitutes the wh-question sentence and yes/no question sentence like other questionable endings.
No general interrogative sentences of choice composed of only ‘-nunji(는지)’ were found. The ‘-nunji(는지)’ interrogative sentences show differences from those of other interrogative endings in intonation. The ‘-nunji(는지)’ interrogative sentences have a descending accent not only in the wh-question sentences, but also in the yes/no question sentences. This is related to the fact that ‘-nunji(는지)’ is the ending for 'polite question'.
In view of the contextual factors influencing the choice of hearer-oriented honorific system, the closing ending ‘-nunji(는지)’ used in the bilateral situation has a speech level almost at the degree of 'hao che'. It is the closing ending used by adults in their 20s or older to talk to each other with respect, in formal scenes such as interviews or in estranged relationships such as first meetings. Several researchers have written that ‘-nunji(는지)’ is used for 'polite questions'.