Chinese-Korean Translation of the Discourse Marker '是(/si/)' in Buddhist Scriptures

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper focuses on how the discourse marker ‘是(/si/)' of Chinese language is translated into the Korean language in 般若心經(Prajñā-Paramitā Sutra) and 千手經(Sahastra-Bhuja Sutra).
The analysis of the discourse marker ‘是(/si/)' in the two Buddhist scriptures reveals it is usually translated as a connective such as ‘therefore' or ‘hereupon' and as a demonstrative like ‘this day' or ‘this month.' Thus, it kept cohesion and coherence from previous utterances. This shows that it has a prototype meaning like ‘therefore, this, and as such' and also displays the pursuit of a faithful meaning-based translation.
However, the pragmatic approach on Buddhist scriptures through the research of this paper requires further systematic analysis because it suffers a lack of research materials and its evidences, which should be enhanced in the future research.

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