헤지 문법 항목으로서의 ‘-고요’, ‘-거든요’, ‘-는데요’ 연구-청문회 담화 말뭉치를 중심으로

• Published in: 언어학 연구, 0(44) pp. 35 - 51
• Main Author: 김강희
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한국중원언어학회 01.07.2017
• Subjects: 언어학
• ISSN: 1975-8251; 2508-4259
• DOI: 10.17002/sil..44.201707.35

The purpose of this study is to show that Korean final endings “-goyo”, “-geodunyo”, and “-nundaeyo” have a hedging function, and these endings are frequently used in public hearing discourses. Originally, these final endings are the grammaticalized forms of connective endings “-go”, “-geodun”, and “-nundae”. However, this study did not focus on the grammaticalization process instead this study focused on the discourse function of these final endings as a hedge expression. This study applies Hyland (1996)’s theory. According to the analysis of public hearing corpus data, “-goyo” and “-geodunyo” are mostly used as a content-oriented hedge, while “-nundaeyo” is used as an listener-oriented hedge. In other words, “-goyo” and “-geodunyo” are hedge expressions that are used to protect the truth of the proposition, whereas “-nundaeyo” is a hedge expression that is used to promote interactions with the listeners. The consequence of this study is significant, as it contributes further shaping the hedge expressions in Korean. Further study is needed to build a more sophisticated theoretical framework for the Korean hedge expressions. KCI Citation Count: 3