Abstract
This article proposes a semantic-pragmatic analysis of the ok discursive marker used by Korean learners in their verbal exchanges during a pedagogical activity in a French as a Foreign Language course at the University of South Korea. We have retained from the various current scientific studies two functions of this polyvalent discursive marker: the illocutionary function as an agreement marker, and the regulatory function as an interaction marker. But, like many discursive markers, ok is polysemous because it sometimes offers nuances beyond simple agreement or interaction management. This is why we have introduced the concepts of “emotion marker” and “proposal marker”. The emotion marker contains an implicit meaning that allows subjective feelings such as empathy, encouragement or fear to be expressed. The proposal marker contains an illocutionary force that pushes the interactors to act. Since the interactions studied mainly involve Korean learners, we hypothesize that these two functions have their origin in part in the Korean language. The Chemyeon, which is the Korean Face (in Goffman's sense), is the main engine of the emotion marker. And the syntactic structure of Korean, with the conclusive ending of proposal, finds its declination in the proposal marker.
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