한국일본학회

The nature of disagreement that appeared in the discussion of Japanese female native speakers and Korean female native speakers was analyzed. The data comprise a conversation among friends consisting of five pairs of Japanese students and five pairs of Korean students. As a result of disagreements, utterances were expressed 146 times in the conversation of Japanese native speakers and 76 times in the conversation of Korean native speakers. Utterances of acceptance, postponement, and evaluation were mostly expressed in the utterances of the Japanese native speakers, whereas utterances of cause presentation, submission of opinion, and submission of information were mostly expressed in utterances of the Japanese native speakers. In the sequence of utterances, the Japanese native speakers commonly checked their opinions before expressing their disagreement. They subsequently accepted the opinion and proceeded with the conversation even though the opposing opinion differed from theirs. In contrast, Korean native speakers expressed their opinions at the time of starting their conversation and expressed their disagreements soon after. The disagreement manifested itself with utterances of cause presentation, the submission of opinion, and the submission of information. Japanese native speakers tended to make an effort to find agreement with the opinion of the opposite side by not using an expression of disagreement. On the other hand, Korean native speakers tended to find agreement of opinion by persuading the opposite side by using an expression of disagreement.