한국과 일본 고등학생들의 사죄 발화 행위 대조 연구

Abstract

This study investigated what types of utterances Korean and Japanese high school students use when they express their apology which is one of the speech acts of greeting frequently used in their daily life. Also, it examined how honorifics and casual languages used for apology, considering honorific expressions are well developed in both countries. The conclusion to be drawn here can be briefly stated as follows. Speaking to the older, the same-aged, and the younger people for conveying apology, high school students in both countries conducted direct speech(i.e. expressing the apology immediately and then keeping the conversation) prominently. Reason-type speech(i.e. explaining the reason for the apology in advance, and then expressing the apology) was more observed in Korean students but rare in Japanese students. So was in the case of extra-type speech(i.e. the type of speech except the others) In the speech of apology to the older people, a majority of high school students in both countries displayed honorifics, however, they used casual language overwhelmingly when their interlocutors are their siblings and mother. Specifically, Korean students used more casual language talking to siblings and Japanese students did so to their mothers. In the case of the same aged people and the younger people, while most of the Korean students used casual language, Japanese students used honorifics.