배우자 동기간에 대한 언어행동의 한일대조 고찰 - 연령차를 중심으로 -

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to conduct a survey on the status of using address terms and the expression of ‘Are you busy? (忙しいか)’ for spouses’ siblings with 460 married men and women in Korea and Japan and consider the results comparatively from the sociolinguistic perspective. Findings can briefly be summarized as follows (The survey was undertaken during Nov. 2013-Feb. 2014): First of all, both in Korea and Japan, the use of address terms for spouses’ older siblings is largely influenced by the age of individuals involved whereas that of spouses’ younger siblings is hardly influenced by the age of the individuals. Furthermore, in Korea, on average 7% of wives use Pappa? ‘Are you busy? (casual style)’ to their husbands’ older sibling who is one or two years younger than they (wives) are, but on average 30.7% of husbands use this casual style to their wives’ older sibling who is one or two years younger; therefore, there exists over four times of difference. However, in Japan, there is only 1.5 times of difference. Also, in Korea, on average 2% of wives use this casual form to their husbands’ younger sibling who is one or two years older than they (wives) are, but on average 23.2% of husbands use the casual form to their wives’ younger sibling who is one or two years older; therefore, there exists over 11 times of difference, but in Japan, the difference is about 1.3 times only. These results imply that gender inequality is more prevalent in Korea than in Japan.