This paper analyzes opinion pieces written by Korean learners of Japanese on the topic of “For or Against Capital Punishment” from the perspective of “concession”. The study examines the number of occurrences of concession, the form of expression and what role concession played in each component of the opinion pieces. The results are as follows. 1. Concession appeared in 55 of the 66 opinion pieces (80.3%) at an average rate of 2.14 times per piece. Further, “opposing-theory-related concession” appeared more often than “personal-opinion-related concession”. 2. There was a tendency to use “aru”, “iru” “to iu” and noun-predicative sentences frequently in “introducing an opposing theory”, and to describe objective facts without personal opinion. 3. “Acceptance of an opposing theory” was characterized by “(to)omou” or other thought-related verbs, modal forms and declarative adverbs. 4. “Identifying flaws in one’s own opinion” ended in negative sentences relatively frequently. 5. Negative sentences appeared more often in “negating the comprehensiveness of one’s own opinion” than in 4, in many cases starting with a contradictory conjunction. Considered together with 4, “personal-opinion-related concession” is often used in negative sentences. 6. In each component of the opinion pieces, concession played a role of “introducing and supplementing claims”, “emphasizing the validity of the reason or evidence for supporting a claim” or “introducing for repeating claims”.
한국일본언어문화학회 [Japanese Language & Culture Association of Korea]
설립연도
2001
분야
인문학>일본어와문학
소개
본 학회는 일본어학 및 일본문학은 물론, 일본의 정치, 경제, 문화, 사회 등의 일본학 전반에 걸친 연구 및 일본의 언어, 문화를 매체로 한 한국과의 비교 연구를 대상으로 하고 있다. 본 학회는 회원들에게 연구 발표 및 정보 교환의 기회를 부여하고 나아가 한국에서의 바람직한 일본 연구 자세를 확립하는 것을 주된 목표로 하고 있다.