신문 사설의 직접 인용 구문의 형태와 기능 연구

Abstract

Kim, Haeyeon. 2017. An Analysis of Direct Quotations in Korean Newspaper Editorial Texts. Korean Journal of Linguistics 42.3, 375-400. In written texts, quotation from others’ voices is reported either in direct or indirect speech. The purpose of this paper is to explore how others’ voices are represented and what functions direct quotations perform in newspaper editorials from the perspectives of text analysis, critical discourse analysis, and Bakhtin’s dialogicality and heteroglossia. First, this research points out that direct speech represented with quotation marks is not perfect reproduction of the real voices of other speakers, against the common belief that direct speech is an authentic, accurate, verbatim replication of what other people originally said. Examination of the editorials reveals that direct quotations are the editor’s reconstructed versions of others’ voices. Second, this study examines text structures of newspaper editorials. Third, this research explores functions of direct quotations in the following terms: (i) to provide vividness of other speakers’ utterances, (ii) to avoid committing oneself to the truth of the others’ utterances, distancing oneself from the claims of the others’, (iii) to provide evidence/support for the editor’s claims/opinions, (iv) to invite readers into the floor for proper judgement of the claims made in the voices of the participants of the events, (v) to get involved in others’ opinions, accepting the claims. Based on these observations, this research claims that direct quotations in newspaper editorials function as devices for criticizing other parties and making claims or suggestions. (Chung-Ang University)

The purpose of this paper is to explore how others’ voices are represented and what functions direct quotations perform in newspaper editorials from the perspectives of text analysis, critical discourse analysis, and Bakhtin’s dialogicality and heteroglossia. First, this research points out that direct speech represented with quotation marks is not perfect reproduction of the real voices of other speakers, against the common belief that direct speech is an authentic, accurate, verbatim replication of what other people originally said. Examination of the editorials reveals that direct quotations are the editor’s reconstructed versions of others’ voices. Second, this study examines text structures of newspaper editorials. Third, this research explores functions of direct quotations in the following terms: (i) to provide vividness of other speakers’ utterances, (ii) to avoid committing oneself to the truth of the others’ utterances, distancing oneself from the claims of the others’, (iii) to provide evidence/support for the editor’s claims/opinions, (iv) to invite readers into the floor for proper judgement of the claims made in the voices of the participants of the events, (v) to get involved in others’ opinions, accepting the claims. Based on these observations, this research claims that direct quotations in newspaper editorials function as devices for criticizing other parties and making claims or suggestions. (Chung-Ang University)