Analysis of the Pragmatic Meaning of Will and Be going to: Focusing on Core and Speaker Meanings in Relevance Theory

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Analysis of the Pragmatic Meaning of Will and Be going to: Focusing on Core and Speaker Meanings in Relevance Theory 관련성 이론에 의한 Will과 Be going to의 화용적 의미 분석: 핵심 의미와 화자 의미의 차이를 중심으로: 허광미¹
Heo, Kwang-Mi¹; ¹우송대학교

¹Woosong University

31 August 2022. pp. 157-168

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Abstract

This paper suggests that the speaker meaning inference process during the communication process between the speaker and the listener is explained using Sperber & Wilson's relevance theory, one of the influential pragmatic theories. This process is revealed by examining the context that includes the representative future expressions will and be going to. To adequately explain this process, this paper examines previous studies on the subject of future expressions in English, a comparative analysis of the meanings of will and be going to, and the basic working principle of the theory of relevance. Finally, through the theory of relevance, by analyzing the context in which these two expressions are used, we will suggest the core and speaker meanings of will and be going to through the natural cognitive process of humans that enables appropriate communication.

Keywords

future expressions

comparative study

relevance theory

core meaning

speaker meaning

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Publisher :The Modern Linguistic Society of Korea
Publisher(Ko) :한국현대언어학회
Journal Title :The Journal of Studies in Language
Journal Title(Ko) :언어연구
Volume : 38
No :2
Pages :157-168
DOI :https://doi.org/10.18627/jslg.38.2.202208.157

[1] 정동규. 2014. 의미의 맥락 의존성 연구. 독어학, 30, 99-124.

[2] 정동규. 2016. 의미 최소주의와 단어의미. 독어학, 34, 231-252. 10.1002/stem.2236 26763481

[3] 허광미, 이상철. 2017. 양상 동사의 의미와 관련성 이론. 언어연구, 33.3, 477-494. 10.18627/jslg.33.3.201711.477

[4] Cruse, D. A. 2000. Meaning in Language: An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

[5] Huang, Y. 2007. Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

[6] Huang, Y. 2014. Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

[7] Leech, G. M. 1971. Meaning and the English Verb. London: Longman.

[8] Leech, G. N. 2004. Meaning and the English Verb (3rd ed.). London: Longman.

[9] Leech, J. and Svartvik, J. 1975. A communicative Grammar of English. London: Longman.

[10] Palmer, F. R. 1974. The English Verb. London: LongmanGroupLtd.

[11] Quirk, R., Greenbaum, S., Leech, G., and Svartvik, J. 1985. A comprehensive grammar of the English language. London: Longman.

[12] Schmidt, W. 1986. Lexikalische und aktuelle Bedeutung. Ein Beitrag zur Theorie der Wortbedeutung(= Schriften zur Phonetik, Sprachwissenschaft und Kommunikationsforschung 7). Berlin: Akademie-Verlag.

[13] Sperber, D. and Wilson, D. 1986. Relevance: Communication and Cognition. Oxford: Blackwell.

[14] Sperber, D. and Wilson, D. 1995. Relevance: Communication and Cognition. Oxford: Blackwell.

[15] Sperber, D. and Wilson, D. 2002. Relevance: Communication and Cognition. Oxford: Blackwell.

[16] Thomson, A. J. and Martinet, A. V. 1986. A practical English grammar (4th ed.). London: Oxford University Press.

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