수동문의 담화 기능에 대한 고찰 : 영어의 담화 분석을 토대로 = Discourse Functional Approach to Passives in English

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The English passive has been analyzed and described on the basis of the formal relationship between the active and passive voices without considering differences in meaning and function. This structural approach, however, has added little to our understanding of the intrinsic status of the passive, which could be better accounted for with the consideration of its functional values.
The purpose of this study is to confirm that the functional values of the English passive are determined through the interrelationship of its structural, semantic, and discourse features.
The analysis is based on the written English corpus such as "Let's Eat Korean Food", "Trends in Linguistics", and "The Scarlet Letter".
This study revealed that the English passive has such discourse functions as the topicalization of patient or topic continuity among a sequence of sentences resulting in coherence in discourse, and the focalization of the elements which predicate the topic with high values of information. Adjuncts with high information values, otherwise deleted, are placed at the end of the sentence to draw the reader's attention. This study also showed that the author chooses the passive as an act of self-protection with the implication of the exclusion of personal involvement in the message objectively, placing the responsibility for the validity of the assertion given on either some unspecified authority or generic agent.
Since the passive is not simply the grammaticaal alternative of the active in terms of meaning and function, it should be studied and taught with the emphasis on its discourse functions.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 1. 서론
• 2. 수동문의 사용 빈도
• 3. 수동문의 위치
• 4. 수동문의 구성요소
• 4.1. 수동문의 주어
• 4.2. 수동문의 서술어
• 5. 수동문의 담화 기능
• 5.1. 주제화
• 5.2. 초점화
• 6. 결론
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