사회적 거리와 지위에 따른 한국어 모어 화자와 태국인 한국어 학습자의 유도 화행별 비동의 화행 연구

A Study on the Differences in Disagreement Strategies between Korean Native Speakers and Thai Korean Learners Depending on the Prior Utterance, Social Distance and Status

The aim of this study is to explore the differences in the use of disagreement strategies between Korean native speakers(KNS) and Thai Korean learners(TKL) in response to specific types of preceding utterances depending on intimacy and social status. To this end, KNS and TKL were asked to complete a written Discourse-Completion Task(DCT) and their responses were cross analyzed with a multiple response analysis. We found that KNS used various strategies depending on the prior utterance and social variables to ease the burden of disagreement in conversation, however, TKL showed limited use of such strategies. In particular, Korean language learners’ use of disagreement strategies such as ‘declaration’ and ‘silence’ which do not take into account the social context of the individuals in question can lead to misunderstanding among interlocutors. Our research suggests that proper education for expressing disagreement in the classroom is needed to avoid misunderstandings.