초등학생의 비속어 사용 양상과 인식 실태 연구

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine the practical aspect of elementary school children's vocabulary use by analyzing their use pattern and perception of Vulgar words. From elementary school children's use pattern of Vulgar words, we could identity syntactic, phonological and lexical characteristics. In the syntactic aspect, the frequency of subjects and vocatives was highest, and the frequency of adverbs and exclamations was also significantly high. In the phonological aspect, fortis and aspirate were observed frequently, and words containing variation tone and supersegmental sound were used often. In the lexical aspect, it was found that various lexical relations were formed even in profanity. With regard to elementary school children's perception of Vulgar words,we analyzed questionnaires answered by children and teachers. In the survey of children, they perceived that they or their friends were using Vulgar words often, and the most common source of learning Vulgar words was ‘Friends.’ Rejection to the use of profanity was higher in low graders than in high graders. In the survey of teachers as well, elementary school children were found to use Vulgar words frequently, and ‘TV/Internet’ and ‘Friends’ showed similar frequency as the sources of learning Vulgar words. rejection to and concern over the use of Vulgar words were significantly higher in 4^th graders, and the teachers perceived th necessity of instruction onf the adequate use of vocabulary in the Korean language curriculum.