This paper studies the correspondence relationship between copular sentences ofpolite form in Japanese and Korean. desu, copula of polite form in Japanese can correspond to yeyo and yo, (quasi)copula of polite form in Korean. The issue in this paper i...
This paper studies the correspondence relationship between copular sentences ofpolite form in Japanese and Korean. desu, copula of polite form in Japanese can correspond to yeyo and yo, (quasi)copula of polite form in Korean. The issue in this paper is to reveal the differencebetween the condition that desu in Japanese corresponds to yeyo in Korean and thecondition that desu in Japanese corresponds to yo in Korean. For this purpose, in the first place, we must examine the difference between yeyoand yo in Korean. Analysis results about yeyo and yo in Korean are as follows. (1) yeyo has the usage of predicational sentence, specificational sentence and'eel' sentence. On the contrary, yo has only the usage of specificationalsentence in the form of cleft sentence. (2) In iew of the discourse function, yo designates the information in sentenceis the one hearer must know or understand sufficiently. As a result, from the perspective of usage and discourse function, yeyo and yoin Korean are used distinguishing the differences in usage and discourse functionabove. However, desu in Japanese are used not distinguishing the differences above.