Interactional Functions of Negative Interrogatives in Korean and English Conversation

• 발행기관: 한국사회언어학회
• 저자명: Myung-Hee Kim
• 간행물 정보: 『사회언어학』제18권 1호, 137~164쪽, 전체 28쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2010.06.30

영문 초록

Kim, Myung-Hee. 2010. Interactional Functions of Negative Interrogatives in Korean and English Conversation. The Sociolinguistic joumal cf Korea 18(1). This study aims to explore the forms of negative yes/no interrogatives and the social actions they perform in task-oriented conversations in Korean and English. The data consist of 20 Korean and 22 English pairs interacting with each other whiJe arranging a series of 15 pictures. It seems that negative yes/no interrogatives are used more extensively in Korean conversation than in English, and that they have different interactionaJ functions in the two languages. AnaJyses of the data suggest that negative yes/no interrogatives in English are used to perform a very specific function in interaction, making an assertion in a disaligning situation while seeking agreement from the addressee. On the other hand, it is shown that negative yes/no interrogatives in Korean are used as an important interactionaJ device between conversationalists. It seems that the choice of the two types of negative yes/no interrogatives in Korean is largely dependent on the speaker’s estimation of the following two factors: (a) the degree of certainty about the information conveyed, and (b) the degree of common ground with the addressee. (Hanyang University, Ansan)

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. Theoretical Background

Ⅲ. Method

Ⅳ. Results

Ⅴ. Conclusion

키워드

negative yes/no interrogative task-based conversation English Korean alignment certainty