In order to allow Korean learners to select appropriate grammar items in various language usage contexts, education on register needs to be especially emphasized. Therefore, in this study, we will analyze the distribution of register for the entire Ko ...
In order to allow Korean learners to select appropriate grammar items in various language usage contexts, education on register needs to be especially emphasized. Therefore, in this study, we will analyze the distribution of register for the entire Korean language education grammar items and examine which grammar items should be presented with register information. The purpose of this study is to provide basic data that can be used in the theory and practice of Korean grammar education by specifically presenting a plan to describe register information in Korean grammar education in terms of dictionary.
To this end, first of all, the grammar items of the National Institute of Korean Language (2005), and Kang et al. (2016), and Kim Joong-seop et al. (2017) were synthesized to construct a grammar list to be analyzed.
After selecting the grammar item to be analyzed, a corpus was constructed to analyze the frequency of grammar items according to the register. In the 'spoken language/written language' register, the analysis was conducted on the Sejong corpus spoken language corpus and written language corpus, and in the 'spoken language formal/non-formal' register analysis, the spoke language formal/formal corpus presented by Kang Hye-rim and Baek Jae-pa(2021) was applied. After analyzing the frequency of individual grammar in each register through a corpus, significance was verified using G² values to see if the difference in frequency by register was statistically significant.
As a result of the analysis, it was found that the use of 'formal/nonformal' in the written language register was not significant. And the grammatical items shown in the spoke language/written language register are 22 particles, 18 connective endings, 20 connective expressions, 42 sentencing final ending, 16 sentencing ending expressions, etc., such as ‘대로, 밖에, 다니까/라니까, 고 나서, 기 때문에, 으려고(요), 고 싶다’ etc. The grammatical items shown to be formal in the spoken language are 35 particles, 28 connective ends, 22 connective expressions, 10 sentence final ending, and 21 Sententence ending expression, which can be '고/이고, 께, 든지, 을수록, 은/는 대신에, 는가/은가, 을 수 있다’ etc.
In addition, the G² value analyzed in this study can be used to describe the degree of formal and informal speech. In the existing Korean language education materials, in describing information on the register, it is indicated by a register sign called 'spoken language', and it is also described in detail, such as 'mainly used when speaking'. This is because there is no unified register sign, and it is difficult to distinguish the register without objective standards. However, using the analysis results of this study, the expression 'mainly' can be used for items with a G² value of 500 or higher, and the expression 'frequently' can be used to describe the degree of expression. As such, this study poses a problem with the current register information technology and provides basic data necessary to discuss how to display register information in an objective manner and to conduct a unified technology.