한국언어정보학회지:언어와정보 (Language and Information)
- 제14권2호
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- Pages.47-70
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- 2010
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- 1226-7430(pISSN)
대조주제의 주제성과 초점성
Topicality and Focality of Contrastive Topic
- 위혜경 (단국대학교 영어영문학과)
- Wee, Hae-Kyung (Dankook University)
- 투고 : 2010.10.29
- 심사 : 2010.11.12
- 발행 : 2010.12.31
초록
This study investigates the semantic and prosodic properties of the so-called contrastive topic. We posit two informational primitives, namely, topical feature [+-T] and focal feature [+-F], from which four different informational categories, i.e., [+T, +F], [+T, -F], [-T, +F], and [-T, -F], are yielded. It is proposed that the informational category of contrastive topic has focal property [+F] as well as topical property [+T]. Based on the semantic approach that regards the function of [+F] as identificational predication and that of [+T] as forming a semantic conditional clause, it is shown that the semantic function of contrastive topic, which is specified as [+T, +F], is the combination of these two functions, i.e., identificational predication in a semantic conditional clause. This is supported by a scrutinized exploration of the prosodic pattern of English contrastive topic.