정도부사는 다른 문장성분들에 비해 상황에 따라 부가되거나 삭제될 수 있는 상황 의존적인 경향이 높은 어휘로서 상황적인 맥락을 중요시 하는 구어에서 좀 더 다양하게 실현된다. 또한 이러한 정도부사는 구어에서뿐만 아니라 문어에서도 대상에 대한 비교나 평가와 관련하여 폭넓게 실현되고 있다. 본고는 구어와 문어를 통해 이렇게 다양하게 실현되고 있는 정도부사를 그 연구대상으로 삼아 이들 부사들이 구어, 소설, 신문, 학술산문이라는 각각의 사용역을 통해 어떤 양상으로 실현되고 있는지를 살폈다. 이를 위해 사용역 별로 구분된 말뭉치를 통해 연구 대상 자료를 추출하고 이러한 자료들을 대상으로 한 구체적인 사용 빈도와 분포를 보이고 이와 함께 그러한 결과들이 지니고 있는 의미를 다양하게 해석함으로써 사용역에 따른 정도부사들이 지니고 있는 사용 양상을 좀 더 객관적으로 접근하여 설명하고자 하였다.

This study was done on degree adverbs, which have been frequently mentioned in research regarding spoken and written language. This study presents detailed data on the frequency and distribution of degree adverbs through categorization according to the register such as spoken language, fiction, newspaper, and academic prose. In addition, this study did more than just present simple frequencies or distributions, but also extracted data from the corpus according to the register and analyzed this data with a quantitative method to objectively describe the use of degree adverbs according to the register. To achieve this, 25 degree adverbs were first sampled in this study, and for the objectivity of the study, data for each register was extracted through the Sejong Corpus, and the research was done on approximately 3.8 million word phrases. The forms of modified words were examined to present the use of degree adverbs with descriptive function, and the meaning derived from the combination of degree adverbs and modified words were examined. The co-occurrence between degree adverbs was also investigated. The ultimate purpose of this study was to identify a problem that understood the difference in written and spoken grammar,By perceiving this problem, the study reveals that the difference in spoken and written grammar is derived from the differences in words and elements used according to the register, and that grammar does not exist individually for spoken and written language.