The Origin of Korean English Learners’ Errors in Translating English Passive Constructions into Korean

• 발행기관: 한국통번역교육학회
• 저자명: Kang Sunok
• 간행물 정보: 『통번역교육연구』제15권 제2호, 5~25쪽, 전체 21쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2017.09.30

영문 초록

The purpose of this paper is to study the origin of the errors Korean English learners make translating English passive constructions into Korean. In fact, a number of Korean English learners often use double passive forms such as - cye-ss-ta or -toyecye-ss-ta. Although these are wrong, they don t realize it. First, this paper assumes the general characteristics of passive constructions suggested by Siewierska(1984) and Shibatani(1985) and discusses the differences between Korean and English passive constructions, based on Yeon’s (2011) analysis. Second, this paper discusses how the way Korean teachers teach Korean school grammar to their students influences their learning of passive forms. In this paper, I pointed out that Korean teachers have taught that Korean active forms can be converted into synthetic passive forms simply by adding passive suffixes or auxiliary verbs like -ci-ta or -toyeci-ta to verbs. The double passive forms widely used by Korean learners are awkward and unnatural, and they are not accepted as grammatical forms in the school grammar. Nevertheless, most Korean students don t realize that they are unnatural and ungrammatical expressions. Finally, I argue that the double passive expressions Korean EFL leaners use in translating the English passive construction are errors, which result from synthetic passive forms of Korean.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. Research Background

Ⅲ. Korean EFL Learners’ Errors and School Grammar

Ⅳ. Conclusion

References

Abstract

키워드

수동구문 이중 수동/피동형태 타동사 자동사 passive constructions double passive forms transitive verbs intransitive verbs