‘지다’구문의 영어번역문 유형 및 기능문법적 설명

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to find some specific types of English translations of Korean ‘cita’ constructions and to provide functional explanations for each type of them. It is a usual way to translate ‘cita’ constructions to English passives. However, it hasn't been proved how frequently that kind of translation happens and what cause this practice. In this paper, 98 Korean ‘cita’ constructions are analyzed from Shin Kyung-sook ’s (2008) Please Look After My Mom and their English version. The Korean ‘cita’ constructions are shown to be translated into adjectives (48%), transitives (29%), and intransitives (23%). This study accounts for the subtypes in terms of functional concepts such as topicality, agentitivity, and lexicalization.