동시 관계 유사 문법 항목 ‘-으며’, ‘-으면서’의 레지스터 분석 연구

Abstract

This study aims to determine the distribution by register of the verbal suffixes -eumyo (-으며) and -eumyeonseo (-으면서) ‘while, during’ indicating simultaneous occurrence. To this end, a standard corpus was developed based on the Sejong corpus, and the distributions of the two forms by spoken/written and formal/informal speech registers were analyzed. The loglikelihood ratio (G2) values were then used to verify the statistical significance of the distributional differences. The results show that -eumyo is predominantly used in speaking (G2 = 2301.66), while -eumyeonseo is widely used in both spoken and written registers, though it is more common in the latter (G2 = 39.97). Both -eumyo and -eumyeonseo occurred more frequently in the formal speech register, although the difference was smaller for -eumyo (G2 = 29.47) than in writing, while the difference for -eumyeonseo was statistically insignificant (G2 = 0.95). This study allows objective conclusions to be drawn regarding similar grammatical items that have received conflicting explanations and is significant in showing the value of register analysis and depiction methods.