중국어권 한국어 학습자를 위한 한국어 부정 표현의 사용역 교육 연구

A Study on the Pedagogical Approaches to the Registers of Korean Negative Expressions for Chinese-speaking Learners of Korean

This study aims to identify the register-based distribution and usage tendencies of four Korean negative expressions—‘an (안)’, ‘mot (못)’, ‘-ji anhda (-지 않다)’, and ‘-ji motada (-지 못하다)’—across informal and formal spoken registers, by analyzing corpus data with G² and %DIFF values. The analysis confirms that these expressions exhibit clear register preferences: long-form negation is broadly used across all spoken registers, whereas short-form negation shows a strong tendency toward informal spoken registers. Based on this, a questionnaire survey was conducted with 31 Chinese-speaking learners of Korean to investigate whether they can accurately perceive the register-based usage of these negative expressions. The results show that learners tend to judge long-form negation with relative accuracy. However, their judgments of short-form negation reveal greater uncertainty, both in terms of its register appropriateness and structural constraints. Drawing on the questionnaire results, this study further explores the potential causes of learner errors among Chinese-speaking learners of Korean and offers corresponding pedagogical suggestions. The findings are expected to provide empirical evidence and practical insights for future instruction on Korean negative expressions.