Suh, Kyung-Hee. 2004. Interactional Functions of Way in Korean Conversation. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, 12(2). This study aims to explore the interactional aspects of the Korean wh-word way and the kinds of action undertaken by this marker from the perspective of conversation analysis. Examination of conversation data reveals that the non-interrogative way is associated less with information and more with emotional expression. In this vein, way in non-interrogative contexts is analyzed as a Discourse Modality Indicator, which is used to index the speaker's cognitive, affective, and interactional stance towards the proposition, the speech acts or the addressee. More specifically, I argue that the functions of way expressing recognition, criticism, challenge and exclamation as well as filling in a necessary interactional space is derived from its referential meaning signifying that 'something is questionable, problematic, unexpected, and extraordinary to the speaker'. Depending on how the speaker handles such doubtful situations, way functions at one of the three levels of communication - cognition, affect and interaction in conversational discourse.

Ⅰ. Introduction
Ⅱ. Functions of way in Discourse
Ⅲ. Expressive functions of way on the Cognitive Level: Recognition
Ⅳ. Expressive functions of way on the Affective Level
Ⅴ. Expressive Functions of way on the Interactional Level:Conversation fillers
Ⅵ. Conclusions
References

• Kyung-Hee Suh(Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)