Anger, Rage, 그리고 Annoyance와 관련된 전치사의 의미 확장 = Meaning Extension of the Prepositions Related to Anger, Rage, and Annoyance

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purposes of this study are to investigate the core meanings of the English preposition about, at, by, and with using image schema theory and to analyze their extended meanings related to emotional adjectives, especially of anger, rage, and annoyance. The prepositions about, at, by, and with are considered relevant to the three emotions based on Corpus of Comtemporary American English (COCA). Adjective-preposition combinations are also examined through COCA.
The results of this study are as follows:

First, the meanings associated with emotions of the above four prepositions indicate the causes of emotions, but each preposition has its own delicate shades of meaning. About means that the cause has a range of possibilities and the emotions result from what is relevant to the cause. At represents the short duration of emotions, the clear focus on the cause, and sharp emotions such as fury. By indicates that the cause may contain an action, event, or process and has primary responsibility for the emotion. With denotes physical or metaphorical proximity to the cause, continuous existence of the cause and long term emotional states.
Second, adjectives which express anger, rage, and annoyance show differences in a combination with the prepositions depending on the properties of each emotion. Anger is stronger than annoyance, and a relatively rational and controllable emotion compared to rage. Adjectives for anger are frequently used with prepositions at and about. Rage is the most intense emotion of the three, and it is difficult to control. Adjectives for rage have a higher frequency in collocations with the prepositions by and at. Annoyance is similar to anger but different from that in that it can be developed without justifiable reasons. Adjectives for annoyance are often used with the prepositions by and with.
Finally, the results of this study are expected to help us understand the senses that the adjective-preposition combinations convey considering the different meanings that each preposition implies and the nature of the emotions.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 1. 서론 1
• 2. 선행연구 및 이론적 배경 4
• 2.1 선행연구 4
• 2.2 영상 도식 이론 8
• 2.3 기본 감정과 감정 어휘 12
• 3. 연구방법 16
• 3.1 연구대상 16
• 3.2 연구방법 20
• 4. 결과 및 논의 22
• 4.1 결과 22
• 4.2 about, at, by, 그리고 with의 감정 관련 의미 25
• 4.2.1 about의 감정 관련 의미 25
• 4.2.2 at의 감정 관련 의미 29
• 4.2.3 by의 감정 관련 의미 34
• 4.2.4 with의 감정 관련 의미 39
• 4.3 anger, rage, 그리고 annoyance와 관련된 전치사 의미 43
• 4.3.1 anger와 관련된 전치사 의미 43
• 4.3.2 rage와 관련된 전치사 의미 49
• 4.3.3 annoyance와 관련된 전치사 의미 53
• 5. 결론 58
• 참고문헌 61
• Abstract 67