A Comparative Study On The Meanings Of Korean Synonyms'(?)','(?)' And'(?)'

In the process of learning a language,many people are very confused about the usage of some synonyms.If you want to learn a language well,you must distinguish and use these synonyms correctly.Nowadays,there are many synonyms in Korean,and it is very important to distinguish the meaning and usage of these words.It is great significance to distinguish the meanings and usages of synonyms,whether for foreigners who study Korean or those who use Korean as their mother tongue.However,in real life,people can't distinguish the meaning and usage of synonyms well and correctly.The words they use are only selected according to the potential language system,living habits and language sense in their minds.Therefore,it is difficult to make a correct judgment and interpretation of the differences between synonyms.In terms of dictionary interpretation,there are also many loopholes in the interpretation of synonyms.Therefore,it is difficult to distinguish the meaning and usage of synonyms only by looking up dictionaries.This paper aims to provide some suggestions for the study of the meaning and usage of Korean synonyms through comparative analysis.This paper mainly selects the Korean synonyms 'dongan','sai',and 'tteom' to compare and analyze.The three synonyms have the meanings of space,time and leisure.Although the three synonyms are similar in use,in.some specific articles and contexts,only one of them can be used instead of other synonyms.In fact,in-depth research will find that this phenomenon is common.As a Korean researcher,it is needs to overcome this problem in order to make a breakthrough in academic research.Therefore,this paper mainly uses the research methods of binary opposition strategy and cognitive linguistics to make a comparative analysis of these synonyms.This paper consists of the following parts.The first chapter mainly expounds the purpose and significance of this paper,and according to the research methods used in the study of synonyms as the classification criteria,the previous research results are divided into eight types.In order to better understand the content of this paper,the theoretical background used in this paper,such as the definition of synonyms,the strategy of binary opposition,the concept of time and space and the mechanism of metaphor are briefly introduced.Finally,the research object,research methods and steps of this paper are discussed in detail.The second chapter is divided into four sections.The first section confirms the definitions of the three words 'dongan','sai',and 'tteom' in the dictionary.The dictionaries selected in this paper are Standard Chinese Dictionary(compiled by Korean National Language Research Institute),Yonsei Korean Dictionary(compiled by Language Information Institute of Yonsei University)and Naver Dictionary(Online Dictionary).By looking up the meanings of three synonyms in the above dictionaries,this paper expounds the problems existing in their definitions,and finally sums up the meanings of the three synonyms.It is not difficult for us to find that these synonyms can not be used correctly only through the interpretation of dictionaries,so we need to further understand the use of these words in specific articles,and then make further judgments,and make the right choice for their different use.In order to collect the usage and use cases of synonyms in real language life,this paper selects the relevant corpus from the "21st century Sejong project corpus"(Korean National Language Research Institute),and then makes a systematic statistics and analysis of the specific use of each synonym.Specifically,the corpus of each word is collected first,and then the pre words and post words are analyzed and studied in detail.That is to say,the usage of three synonyms in the corpus is counted,and the prepositions of each synonym are classified according to their parts of speech,and the prepositions of each synonym are classified according to their specific use of auxiliary words,and then the statistical results are further explained.In the last section of this chapter,according to the standard of similar semantics,the different semantics of the three synonyms are divided,and finally three similar semantic classifications are obtained.They are 'sai?' and 'tteom?','dongan?'and 'sai?','sai?' and 'tteom?'.The first category represents the semantics of space and distance,the second category represents the semantics of period and time,and the third category represents the semantics of time,space and leisure.In the comparison of semantics,we focus on the places where the semantics are similar and difficult to recognize,but not on the places where the semantics are obviously different.Then,we use the research method of binary opposition strategy and metaphor mechanism in cognitive linguistics to analyze the differences in usage of these synonyms in detail.The third chapter mainly uses the research method of binary opposition strategy to compare the different usages of three synonyms.The first category represents space and distance semantics.Its usage can be divided into three different criteria.The first criterion is distinguished by whether the prepositional noun represents two complete whole spaces or a part of space appearing in an object.The second criterion is distinguished by the semantic representation of wide distance or narrow distance.The third criterion is whether it can be distinguished by distance.After analyzing the specific corpus,it is found that 'sai?' means the distance or space between two complete objects,which is longer than 'tteom?' in semantics,and can also be modified with"near" and other words to express the distance.On the contrary,'tteom?' means the gap and part of the space in an object,and compared with 'sai?',it means the space distance is relatively narrow,so it can not be modified by words such as "far",so as to express the distance between them.The second category represents the semantics of period and time.Its usage can be divided into three different criteria.The first criterion is distinguished by whether the post action is continuous or instantaneous.The second criterion is distinguished by whether the prepositive time noun represents the whole time or the short time.The third criterion is distinguished by whether the prepositional time noun represents specific time.After analyzing the specific corpus,we find that the prepositional time noun of 'ongan?' has the characteristics of concreteness and indicating the whole time at the same time,the prepositional time noun of 'sai?' has the characteristics of persistence and completion,while the prepositional time noun of 'sai?' has two specific time nodes at the same time,and the postpositive verb has the characteristics of instant completion.The third category refers to the meaning of "leisure",which can be distinguished by a standard.This standard is distinguished by whether a synonym can be used'independently in a sentence.After analyzing the specific corpus,we found that 'sai?' can not be used alone in sentences,while 'tteom?'can be used alone in sentences.The fourth chapter mainly uses the research methods of cognitive linguistics to compare the usage of these three synonyms.First of all,three synonyms represent space and time semantics.In these two semantics,space semantics is its original semantics,while time semantics is represented by metaphor mechanism.Firstly,images are used to represent the original spatial semantics,and then images representing the temporal semantics are depicted through this image,and then these images are used to understand people's cognitive ability,that is,how people understand the semantic gap between these synonyms through the cognitive system.Then,the actual examples in corpus are used to verify whether the cognition is correct.The classification of the above-mentioned synonyms is also explained and distinguished according to the above-mentioned three categories.The first class represents its original semantics,that is,the semantics of space and distance.It can be seen from the images that 'sai?' and 'tteom?' are different in the number of front-end items.'sai?' refers to the distance between two items,while 'tteom?' refers to the space left between items.The differences in usage can also be found through examples in specific corpus.The second category of semantic representation is the temporal semantics obtained by metaphor mechanism.It can be seen from the image that 'dongan?'represents the overall and lasting time between two times.Therefore,the prepositional time nouns refer to the whole time,while the postpositive verbs have the characteristics of continuity.Only in this way can we satisfy the continuity of the things or behaviors that happened in this period of time.And'sai?' refers to the time distance between two time nodes,not the continuous action in this period,but the short-term action or behavior in this period.Therefore,the prepositive time needs two concrete time nodes,while the postpositive verbs need to be short-lived and complete.The differences in usage can also be found through examples in specific corpus.The third category represents the space of time and the meaning of "leisure".From the images,we can see that the original spatial semantics represent the spatial distance separated in an object,and the temporal semantics obtained through metaphor mechanism have similar cognitive mechanism.Therefore,at this time,'tteom?' is more focused on the action of squeezing out time in doing something than 'sai?'.The differences in usage can also be found through specific corpus.In addition to the original meaning,every word has an extended meaning in the actual use process.In this chapter,metaphor is used to study and analyze the other meanings of each synonym.The results show that 'dongan' emphasizes the emotional color the author wants to express more.'sai' is the meaning of"leisure" of time,fuzzy time and the description of the relationship between people or abstract objects,in addition to the departure of the subject and the things that happen between the unconscious.'tteom' which means "leisure" of time and connection of time.In addition,it also shows the perfect character of the man,the relationship between people,and does not spread the meaning of secret.The last chapter is the conclusion.This part simply summarizes and generalizes the differences in semantics and usage of the above three synonyms,and puts forward the shortcomings of the paper and the future research direction.In this paper,we mainly use binary opposition strategy and cognitive linguistics to study the semantics and usage of Korean synonyms 'dongan','sai',and 'tteom'.It is hoped that the research of this paper will play a positive role in the semantic comparison of synonyms and the teaching of synonyms.Through the comparison of the synonyms in this paper,it can provide some references for Korean learners in distinguishing semantics,and also make up for some deficiencies in dictionary interpretation.There are still many shortcomings in this paper.I hope to explore new research methods in the future,and then I can make a comprehensive study on the semantics and usage of Korean synonyms.