초등학교 영어 교과서에서의 유의어 동사의 활용: 보다와 말하다 동사를 중심으로

초록

There are many verb synonyms with differences in their semantic properties, which lead to different usages in English. However, in primary school settings, this aspect is often ignored, which results in students’ inevitable errors in the use of these verbs. From this point of view, the language data provided for the primary school students has much importance because they become the primary material for students to build word meanings. The purpose of this study is to analyze how the verb synonyms are used in the primary school English textbooks and to discuss their semantic properties reflected in sentences. In order to specifically determine how the verb synonyms are used, the scope of this study is delimited by two verb synonyms with the highest frequency in the primary school English textbooks. In this study, furthermore, the thoroughness of these data is ascertained by comparing them with data from a literature review and the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). The result shows that there are some differences in the uses of COCA and textbook data and that the textbooks contain some examples of misused verb synonyms without considering the difference in their semantic properties. This study also suggests that verb synonyms need to be given in the context to distinguish their semantic properties in primary school English textbooks so that it may help students understand their differences.

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