한·중 불평 화행의 비교문화 화용론 연구 -의미공식을 중심으로-

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to compare the differences between Korean and Chinese native speakers' semantic formulas of criticizing speech acts by taking social status and social distance as variables. Unlike clearly defined speech acts such as apologizing, requesting and refusing, criticizing speech acts are usually accompanied by more than one illocutionary force, and their interpretations are often negotiable, therefore they are relatively complex. In this study, a total of 100 Korean and Chinese native speakers were recruited and asked to fill out a discourse completion test (DCT) containing 12 criticize-provoking scenarios. We use the DCT as the major instrument because it can lead to the most important part of the speech act under investigation, and we also use a semi-structured interview to supplement the investigation. Criticizing semantic formulas were divided into categories and analyzed in terms of their overall use across all the scenarios. When comparing the two groups, the KNS performed more clearly criticizing about the intimate relationship than the CNS. Also, KNS and CNS criticize about low-status strangers both clearly, but CNS criticize about low acquaintances less clearly, while KNS maintained the same consistency. And then such similarities and differences discussed from the culture specificity perspective.