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This study investigates how the perceived politeness of English imperatives is shaped by the interaction between imperative intensity and social contextual variables. Intensity is conceptualized as a composite of three dimensions — directness, coerciveness, and urgency — linguistically realized through imperative forms ranging from bare imperatives to highly mitigated indirect requests. The study examines how Korean EFL learners perceive and select appropriate imperative forms across social contexts defined by power relations, social distance, and imposition. Power relations had the strongest influence on politeness judgments, with higher politeness forms preferred in hearer-dominant contexts and more direct forms in speaker-dominant contexts. Social distance showed a significant but weaker effect, whereas imposition did not yield a statistically significant impact, suggesting that relational factors take precedence over the burden of the requested action in Korean learners' politeness judgments. The study contributes to pragmatic research by reconceptualizing imperative forms as realizations of imperative intensity and highlights the importance of context-sensitive instruction in English language education.

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Abstract
1. 서론
2. 영어 명령문과 공손성
2.1. 영어 명령문의 강도의 개념과 구성요소
2.2. 영어 명령문의 형태와 강도의 실현
2.3. 공손성에 영향을 미치는 사회적 맥락
3. 사회적 변인에 따른 영어 명령문의 공손성 판단
3.1. 연구방법
3.2. 영어 명령문의 공손성 판단결과 및 분석
4. 결론
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영어 명령문 강도 직접성 긴급성 강제성 공손성 사회적 맥락 English imperatives Intensity Directness Urgency Coerciveness Politeness social context

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• 황현미 [ Hyunmi Hwang | 부산대학교/강사 ]

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