This study aims to examine /ㅡ/ and /ㅓ/ of the difference rate and correlation between perception in acoustic phonetics and articulation of Daegu dialect speakers. Daegu dialect speakers of the younger generation can distinguish between /ㅡ/ and /ㅓ/, while the older generation does not. Although it is the same dialect, it has a different vowel system for generation. So /ㅡ/ and /ㅓ/ perception and articulation experiments were carried out to Daegu dialect speakers. In the perceptual experiment, meaningless words were carried out, and in the articulation experiment, the free talking experiment was carried out. The analysis focused on the Formants (F1, F2), and t-test and regression analysis were used. As a result, it was confirmed that the elderly generation was not good at perception and articulation of /ㅡ/ and /ㅓ/. However, the younger generation was good at perception and articulation of /ㅡ/ and /ㅓ/. Therefore, it can be confirmed that Daegu dialect elderly speakers do not distinguish phonemes and show neutralization of /ㅡ/ and /ㅓ/, while younger generations make different /ㅡ/ and /ㅓ/. (Woosuk University)

This study examines the relationship between vocabulary ability, vocabulary learning strategy (VLS) use and cloze test performance of Korean college students. Eighty participants took a questionnaire about VLS use, a vocabulary test and a multiple choice cloze test. The result shows that 'meaning finding strategy' and 'memory strategy' were the most frequently used while 'metacognitive strategy' was the least. The students' VLS use was not positively correlated with their vocabulary ability. However their cloze test performance was positively correlated with their vocabulary ability, which suggests that the cloze test could be an effective tool to improve EFL learners' vocabulary ability. (Jinju National University of Education)

This paper suggests that the speaker meaning inference process during the communication process between the speaker and the listener is explained using Sperber & Wilson's relevance theory, one of the influential pragmatic theories. This process is revealed by examining the context that includes the representative future expressions will and be going to. To adequately explain this process, this paper examines previous studies on the subject of future expressions in English, a comparative analysis of the meanings of will and be going to, and the basic working principle of the theory of relevance. Finally, through the theory of relevance, by analyzing the context in which these two expressions are used, we will suggest the core and speaker meanings of will and be going to through the natural cognitive process of humans that enables appropriate communication. (Woosong University)

I claim that the result phrase in Korean resultative construction is an adjunct a la Shim and den Dikken (2007). At the same time, diverging from them, I argue that the result phrase in Korean transitive resultative construction projects a finite CP, whereas the one in the intransitive resultative construction projects a nonfinite CP, based on important differences between the two resultative constructions. The present proposal can address various properties of Korean resultative construction in their entirety, including case on the antecedent NP, iteration of the result phrase, and obviation of the direct object restriction (Levin and Rappaport, 1995) as distinct from English resultative construction. The present research has an important implication on the cross-linguistic variation in the syntactic representation of the result phrase: adjunct in Korean and complement in English (Carrier and Randall, 1992; Hoekstra, 1988; Kayne, 1985; Voorst, 1986). (Soonchunhyang University)

Xiangsheng and stand-up comedy are representative comedy genres performed in China and Western countries, respectively. Both performances require only spoken words, and don't demand complicated stage props. This minimalist form of performance has gained popularity from a wide audience. However, the differences in the production of humor between xiangsheng and stand-up comedy have not been studied well yet. Herein, we compare and analyze xiangsheng and stand-up comedy using relevance theory. The results show that both xiangsheng and stand-up comedy strictly follow relevance theory in the process of creating humor. On the other hand, xiangsheng and stand-up comedy use quite different modes to produce humor, while both of them share a common mechanism in humor production. (Chungnam National University)