영어 담화에서의 생략 현상 = A Study of Ellipsis in English Discourse

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study investigated the pragmatic aspects of ellipsis in discourse, the facility of which, as one component of communicative competence, can be of great importance for successful communication. The purposes of this study were to find out significance of ellipsis phenomena in communication and to find its implications for improving discourse competence of Korean learners of English. For these purposes, it discussed previous research, theories on economy of language and the theoretical models of formality and informality, defining the meaning of discourse and ellipsis, and examining the characteristics, motivation and types of ellipsis.
The findings of this study suggested that Korean students be given opportunities to acquire sociolinguistic and discourse competence in addition to the linguistic competence by letting the students have speaking activities, using economy of expression and avoiding complete sentences when one word or simple forms of expressions are sufficient for certain interactions. The opportunities could enable the students to produce language that is more context appropriate than the language they probably now produce. It stimulates students to speak more authentically in ways that approximate natural communication, to avoid stilted and unnatural language use in their conversational interactions.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• I. 서론
• II. 담화 속의 생략과 언어 경제
• III. 담화에서의 언어표현 양식과 생략
• IV. 생략의 특성, 동기 및 유형
• V. Conclusion
• 참고문헌