텍스트 안의 was-관계문장에 관하여

Abstract

s paper observed a specific type of the relative clause in German, namely “was-relative clauses”, in respect to their functional characters in texts. In particular, this paper focused on the relation between the was-relative clause and the main clause, as well as the relation between the was-relative clause and the context. German grammarians have paid attention to this type of the relative clauses and attempted to explain and describe its characters. But they have treated the relative clauses in isolated sentences and their interests were limited to the formal structure and sentential semantics. Therefore, not many studies have been done on the relative clauses in the contextual level. This paper aims to fill this gap. The was-relative clause fulfills a typical function in texts and provides extra explanation about the main clause. On the basis of these things, the was-relative clause is closely linked with the related context in a unique way. This study should be defined as a textlinguistic work. This approach could also be applied to foreign language education and German text translation.