Function of Apologies in Korean

• 발행기관: 경희대학교 언어정보연구소
• 저자명: Jee-Won Hahn
• 간행물 정보: 『언어연구』제24권 제2호, 89~109쪽, 전체 21쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2007.12.30

영문 초록

Chapter Six analyzed the use of apologies occurring in the context of other speech events such as greetings, expressions of gratitude, requests, and rejections. Theoretical motivations within politeness theory (Brown and Levinson 1987) accounted for the use of apologies occurring in the contexts of other speech events. For requests and refusals which are characterized as face-threatening acts in politeness theory, apologies may be used to reduce expected face-threats to the hearer. Apologies may occur at the beginning of a conversation either as a way of greeting someone or of opening a conversation, in both cases, as a polite gesture to ‘break the ice’ between two parties when they have not seen each other for a while. In addition, apologies also occur in situations where something good for the speaker has been offered.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Previous studies

3. Data

4. Analysis

5. Summary and implication

References

키워드

Korean apologies speech acts speech events politeness theory