A Study of the Use of Connective Endings Based on Genre Factors Thematically Expressed in Newspaper Text
The International Network fo Korean Language and Culture, Hyejin Kim · 2017
This study aims to investigate the relationship between the genre of newspaper articles and the frequency with which particular connective endings are used in the articles’ text. The results could help foreign language learners understand how connective endings are used in social and cultural contexts and how to use these connective endings in social interactions. The study hypothesized that the frequency with which connective endings appear will vary according to the article’s genre factors. The section in which a newspaper article appears—such as opinion, society, or sports—was used to define its topic and genre factors. In order to verify differences in the frequency of connective endings by article topic, a statistical survey, a Chi-square test, and a correspondence analysis were conducted based on their frequency in the Sejong Corpus. The findings show that, of the 94 connective endings that appear in newspaper text, 16 are used more frequently in particular topical sections of newspapers. By examining sample sentences, the relationship between the meaning of these connective endings and the genre factors of newspaper text was determined.