Abstract
This study categorized question expressions produced in daily conversations in Korean and Japanese and conducted an empirical comparative analysis to inquire into how and on which position the question expressions are used in conversations. According to the results of the study, it was confirmed that request for judgment (Yes/No) is used with the highest frequency in the same manner both in Korean and Japanese, while similarities are observed in the position of appearance and functions of request for judgment (Yes/No), expression of emotions, request for confirmation, and request for consent. However, the relative use frequency of question expressions turned out to be higher in Korean conversations than in Japanese conversations. In addition, in Japanese conversations, there was a high proportion of using question expressions to ask for consent from the counterpart and question expressions to express uncertainty about one
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