Serial Number : http://www.riss.kr/link?id=A105609518

Title : Revisiting the relationship between synonyms of ‘embarrassment’ in Korean (pwukkulewum, changphiham, sswuksulewum, swuchisulewum, swucwupum) : A contextual analysis using co-occurring nouns and network analysis

Author : 김아림(Ah-Rim KIM), 김바로(Ba-Ro KIM)

Journal : 언어 (Language Research)

Vol. : 43 No.3 [2018]

Pages : 409-441

Published by : 한국언어학회 (Korean Journal of Linguistics)

Date : 2018.09

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<Abstract>

This paper revisits the relationship between lexemes representing five emotional concepts in Korean, pwukkulewum, changphiham, sswuksulewum, swuchisulewum, swucwupum, which are often translated in English as ‘embarrassment.’ We reanalyze the relationship by examining actual usages of the above five emotions, using the 21st Century Sejong Corpus, particularly focusing on the contextual difference between each emotion. Through a number of different analyses such as co-occurring noun analysis and network analysis, we show the contextual commonalities of the five emotions, their contextual differences, as well as the semantic/contextual closeness that exist between them. This study not only provides a more scientific and objective way of describing the relationship between seemingly analogous concepts, but also provides a novel approach to examine contextual characteristics of a lexical item in a quantitative manner.

Key words : complex emotions  ,secondary emotions  ,synonyms  ,contextual analysis  ,co-occurring noun analysis  ,network analysis  ,digital humanities