계량적 전산 문체론 시고－김남천, 이기영, 채만식의 작품을 중심으로

Abstract

This research defines the uniqueness that is categorized in writing as style and aims to establish the special characteristic of style through a quantitative research method. Research on style is an area of interest that is popular in both linguistics and literature, however it is not fully researched in any area of academia. Research on style in Korea generally until now only used qualitative research methods only and is limited on a more objective and quantitative methods. Therefore, this paper specifically shows objective evidence that a quantitative research method founded on computerization is very useful in researching style. Through this we attempted to suggest the function of computerized style. This research took 34 novels by Chae Mansik, Kim Nam Chun, and Lee Ki Young and quantitatively analyzed the uniqueness of the language and explored the stylistic characteristics of these authors. As a result, we were able to see the characteristics differences quantitatively the novels by Chae Mansik, Kim Nam Chun, and Lee Ki Young possessed. Through the differences of usage of these language characteristics, we were able to explain the three author's stylistic characteristics. The method suggested by the paper utilizes together the original qualitative style research method can be applied to investigate a specific author’s style characteristic. This is significant as we verified the functionality of the computerized style method.