| 초록 |
Cheon, Jae-Yun. (2020). On the veracity of Koreans incompetency strategy in gratitude speech act: Differences in gender, age and educational status. The Linguistic Association of Korea Journal, 28(4), 103-120. This study examined differences in gender, age and educational status to find out the veracity of incompetency strategy in gratitude speech act. In daily life, Koreans often express incompetency in the context where their gratitude has to be expressed. It could mean that incompetency strategy is used to express continuous relationship, particular types of thoughts and value criterion in Korean culture. To prove this point, a survey by questionnaire which consists of psychologically grateful situations was conducted. The findings of the study are as follows. First, there were no significant differences in gender, age and educational status in relation to the veracity of the incompetency strategy in gratitude speech act used by each group. Second, incompetency strategy in gratitude speech act was a general trend in the Korean speech community, especially in psychological situations. |
