Positively bitter and negatively sweet
Conventional implicatures and compatibility condition of emotive taste terms in Korean vs. English
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14962425 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yoon (0000-0002-2804-2646, The University of Texas at Arlington, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 303-329 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pragmatics Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1018-2101 • E-ISSN: 2406-4238 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/prag.17008.yoo |
| OpenAlex | W3093658292 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
The goal of this study is to propose a pragmatic analysis of what we call Emotive Taste Terms (ETTs) in Korean, compared to English. What makes Korean taste adjectives special is its multidimensional meaning: In descriptive dimension, (i) the literal meaning concerns the taste; or (ii) it can be extended toward the situation, yielding a figurative meaning. In expressive dimension, (iii) the choice of particular derivation form reflects the speaker’s positive or negative emotional attitude; and (iv) another potential expressive meaning concerns honorification, thought it is not part of the meaning of ETTs. We thus propose that ETTs are a novel subcase of expressive elements, triggering Conventional Implicature . We show how the analysis of ETTs as a CI allows us to successfully derive subtle connotational differences amongst numerous variants. Finally, we show how the co-occurrence pattern of multiple expressives, ETTs and other expressives, within the sentence can be captured by Compatibility Condition Model
Emotive · Epistemology · Implicature · Linguistics · Literal and figurative language · Meaning (existential · Pragmatics · Psychotherapist · Sentence · Taste · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |