A Comparative Study Of Chinese And Korean End-of-life Discourse Markers

Whether in Korea or China, discourse markers are a common form of expression spoken in recent years, although the two scholars of discourse markers in their respective countries a lot, but compared to the comparative study between them is less and less.This article is the contrast between China and South Korea marked the end of the type of discourse. The object of this study is "X ?" and "(?)", through the research and analysis of lexical meaning, pragmatics, syntax, compare their similarities and differences.This paper consists of six chapters. First, the first chapter describes the purpose of writing this paper, previous research and research methods. The second chapter describes the theoretical background of discourse markers, namely the definition of discourse markers, characteristics and classification. Third chapter analyzes China and South Korea marked the lexical meaning of "X ?" and "(?)". The forth chapter is on a pragmatic level to compare "X ? " and "(?)". The fifth chapter is on a grammar level to compare "X ?" and " (?)". The sixth chapter is conclusion.