This paper aims at describing several phenomena related to the reference of proper nouns in terms of the mental space theory Mental spaces are very partial assemblies constructed as we think and talk, for purposes of local understanding and action They contain elements and are structured by frames and cognitive models Mental spaces are connected to long-term schematic knowl..
This study examined various measure units to analyze syntactic complexity shown in Korean learners` writings, and to figure out indexes to predict the proficiency Complexity measured by conjunction and coordination showed no significant relation with proficiency however, subordination showed significant relation with clauses, T-units, and sentences Complexity measured ..
This paper aims to identify semantic categories that compose a sentence or that a sentence can connote At the same time, this criteria is intended to classify adverbials into small groups In this paper, on classifying adverbials, sentence was considered as an information unit that had a compositional completedness A sentence that had a compositional completedness can conno..
This study aims at tracing the change of use patterns of the terms of address between couples in the course of the past seventy years Historical sources reveal that the terms that were used from before the liberation from colonization in 1945 are yeonggam, manwula and imja The terms of current use other than these three emerged and were popularized in the post-colonial period..
This study aims to analyze metaphors used in economic texts from the perspective of cognitive semantics, and the main focus is to investigate their underlying characteristics Defining the analysis subject to include only economic texts broadcasted on radio in colloquial language, the study analyzes the characteristics by comparing the aspects of metaphors used in economic..
The purpose of this study is to investigate -esilgeyo, used as the indirect directives speech act The -elge semantic features is the will of the speaker with hearer consideration -elge performs the function of a ``commitment`` and ``notification`` from the speech act The syntactic constraint of -esilgeyo is solely combined with a 1st person subject as the connecting ending ..