영어현재완료의 용법 연구 = A Study on the Usage of English Present Perfect

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

English is one of the most widely used languages in the modern society. In almost every field. English is used as the international language. As the necessity of using English has increased, scholars' interest in studying speakers' usage has equally increased. Their interest focuses on how well people learn and use English, and also how much individuals' usage has collectively changed English. Contemporary English's perpetual evolution presents difficulties to Korean speakers. Many Korean speakers experience difficulty using English present perfect adequately due to its complexity of meaning, the implication an event or state whose onset occurred in the past proceeds to occur into the present. The purpose of this thesis is to introduce scholar's analysis of the usage of English Present Perfect, and to exmine the usage and the frequency of English present perfect in layman's English.
This thesis is composed of 4 chapters. The first chapter shows the necessity of this study and introduces the reference sources surveyed. The classification of the usage is based on Leech's claim (2004). The second chapter discusses the theoretical background of English present perfect and classifies usage based on the claims of individual scholars. Chapter 3 presents the results of survey. The survey is focused on American English. To study English present perfect of American English, spoken English and written English are separately examined-two TV dramas ('CSI', 'Lost') for spoken English, one magazine('National Geographic' for written English. For middle school English 10 text books are surveyed. 5 books from both the 2nd 3rd grades. Text books of 1st grade are not included because present perfect is not taught to 1st graders

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 서 론 = 1
• 1.1 연구의 필요성 = 1
• 1.2 연구의 범위 규정 = 2
• Ⅱ. 이론적 배경 = 3
• 2.1 완료형의 의미와 현재완료에 나타나는 동사 = 3
• 2.2 학자들의 현재완료 용법의 분류 = 7
• Ⅲ. 현재완료의 용법별 빈도수 조사 = 30
• 3.1 미국영어에서 나타나는 현재완료 용례와 빈도수 조사 = 30
• 3.2 중등학교 교과서에서 나타나는 현재완료 용례와 빈도수 조사 = 47
• 3.3 미국영어와 중등학교 교과서의 비교 = 56
• 참고문헌 = 61
• Abstract = 63