거절이유에 따른 부담도 및 거절전략의 한일대조 - 거절상대와의 상하․친소관계에 주목하여 -

Abstract

This paper covered the level of feeling the burden brought about when rejecting and refusal strategies through cross-linguistic comparisons and analyses between Korean and Japan. The survey on this led to the conclusion as follows. For one thing, according to the result of survey on the entire level of feeling the burden, Koreans feel the burden the most when rejecter and rejectee are close to each other and in the same social status. And the second highest level of feeling the burden takes place when they are close to each other and yet interlocutor is in the higher position, followed by the situation where they know little about each other (that is, they are not close to each other) and their hierarchical status is not the same. Lastly, they feel the burden the least when they feel distant and their hierarchical position is the same. On the contrary, Japanese tend to feel the burden the most when they are close but rejecter is lower than rejectee in terms of the hierarchical status , followed by the condition where they are close to each other and in the same hierarchical level. As shown above, both countries take into consideration closeness relationship rather than hierarchical relationship. Next, considering the level of feeling the burden in accordance of the reason of rejection, it is found that when they reject due to the incapability or the inappropriate circumstance to deal with the offer, they feel certain amount of low burden, while when they should reject toward close hearer because of psychological reason or causes on their own principle, they are found to feel the conspicuous high level of burden. Third, the survey indicates that in the case of rejection attributed to the lack of ability or circumstance, both of the countries have the stereotyped refusal patterns, whereas they are divided up into roughly two type of refusal patterns depending on whether they are close to each other.