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This study investigates the use of social distance on apology strategies in different situations. The data was collected from 30 participants(male: 16, female: 14) who were studying general English conversation course for freshmen at the Department of Biotechnology in a university in Seoul. From the beginning of the course, the researcher lead the class by presenting apology tasks and the participants conducted the activities in various situations. At the end of the course, the participants were provided with the discourse completion test (DCT) of apology. The DCT based on the principle of Olshtain and Cohen (1990) was revised from the speech act of apology in the textbook. The data was analyzed according to the speech act of apology, especially in four types of semantic formulas and four patterns of stylistic competence. The results show that in the use of semantic formulas, “expression of regret (REGR)” and “expression of an excuse (EXCU)” are more dominant than “offer of apology (APOL)” and “request for forgiveness (FORG)”. In stylistic competence for excuse, “admit a mistake (MIST)” and “make a promise (PROM)” are used more than “give an excuse (EXCU)” and “make an offer (OFFE)” or “no excuse.” The data indicates that the participants used different semantic formulas and stylistic competence on apology depending on the social distance.

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 I. Introduction
 II. Literature Reviews
  2.1 Definitions of Apology
  2.2 The Studies on Apology in Korean Context
 III. Research Method
  3.1 Participants
  3.2 Materials
  3.3 Procedures
 IV. Results
  4.1 Situation Variables in the Scenarios
  4.2 Semantic Formulas in Situation
  4.3 Stylistic Competence in Situation
 V. Conclusion
 References
 Appendix 1
 Abstract

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저자

• Jaehwang Shim [ 심재황 | Chung-Ang University ]

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학21 [English21]

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  계간

• pISSN

  1738-4052

• 수록기간

  1967~2025

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 820