한국어 학습자의 추측 양태 발달

The Development of Modal Expressions of Conjecture in Korean Korean Language Learners

The acquisition and development of modal expressions of conjecture were examined by analyzing the corpus of free conversation among Korean learners in this study. 324 modal expressions of conjecture were extracted from a “longitudinal colloquial corpus of Korean learners” collected for 18 months from six Korean learners and analyzed the frequency, appearance, error pattern, and the realization of the indirect speech act of modality expressions to this end. The frequency of modality expressions was shown in the order of ‘-(eu)l geot gotda > -(eu)l geosida > -get- > -(eu)l soo itda > -(eu)l jul alda’, and the appearance of modality expressions was shown in the order of ‘-(eu)l geosida> -(eu)l geot gotda and -get-’. The learners tend to make wide use of various patterns and use only a small number of expressions. The error rate increased between 3 and 6 months after learning the modality, and it decreased after 7 months and showed a stable pattern. The realization of indirect speech act begins to use euphemism which expresses one’s judgment passively through ‘-(eu)l geot gotda’. However, it was confirmed that only some of the learners use it restrictively. This study is significant in that it specifically examined the development of modal expressions of conjecture longitudinally.