한국인일본어학습자의 추량표현 「そうだ」 「ようだ」 「らしい」의 습득연구

Abstract

We conducted grammaticality tests in order to explore the learning process of the conjectural expressions souda, youda, and rashii by Korean learners of Japanese. Our results are summed up as follows. Firstly, the learners’ overall scores with respect to 25 questions were 16.50 points (corresponding to the accuracy of 66%), which suggests that these expressions are difficult for them to properly distinguish. Secondly, these conjectural expressions are difficult to learn for those learners whose level is N3, while these expressions can be properly learnt once their levels reach N2 or N1. Thirdly, the learning of souda and youda is accelerated as they study Japanese; in contrast, the learning of rashii remains difficult at this later stage of Japanese language learning. Fourthly, among the meanings/uses of each conjectural item, the metaphorical use and the illustrative use of youdaare relatively easy to learn, whereas the conjectural use of youda and that of rashiiare more difficult. Based on these results, we propose the learning process of the conjectural expressions for Korean learners. At the elementary level, the metaphorical use and the illustrative use of youda (these uses not being associated with the other conjectural items) and the manner use of souda (this use not being associated with the other conjectural items) are first introduced. At the intermediate level, we need to introduce the two types of conjectural use of souda, both of which are not found in the other conjectural items. At the advanced level, the conjectural use of youda and that of rashii (as well as their differences) are to be introduced, together with cases where these two expressions are interchangeable.