The main goal of this paper is to look over the current extension of topic studies in linguistics. Admitting that the definition of topic still remains a controversy among scholars, much of research has been done so far. The difference in their approaches voice the various reflections in theoretical pursuit. Among others, the present study focuses on the well-known two camps: formal and functional. For the former, transformational model is a target of discussion. In this line, the main task of a formal approach is to identify the topic in terms of structural operation including syntactic and morphological characteristics. For the latter, the approach is more interested in the pragmatic and discourse functions of the topic entity than just in its relations to syntactic structure.
목차
Abstract 1. Introduction 2. A Brief Historical Review 3. Form or Function 3.1 From a formal perspective 3.2 From a functional perspective References
한국언어연구학회 [The Korean Association of Language Studies]
설립연도
1996
분야
인문학>언어학
소개
한국언어연구학회는 언어학과 언어교육 분야의 연구를 통하하여 학문의 질적 향상과 국내외 회원 및 학회간의 학술 교류와 친목을 도모한다. 이를 위해 학술 연구 발표회, 강연회, 강습회를 개최하고, 정기학회지, 연구보고서, 서적 등을 간행하며, 그 밖에 지역사회에 필요한 사업과 연구 활동을 수행하는데 중점을 두고 있다.