This study compares the patterns of out-group representation realized through the Korean third-person plural pronouns itul, kutul, and cetul in political discourse. It also investigates whether these differences are related to the pragmatic properties of their morphological roots i, ku, and ce, which are traditionally categorized as proximal, medial, and distal deixis, respectively. Focusing on Korean presidential speeches and party spokesperson statements, this study adopts a multimethod computational linguistic approach, including (1) frequency analysis, (2) collocation analysis, (3) word embedding, and (4) surprisal analysis. The results showed a broad division between itul and the pair kutul– cetul, while also revealing meaningful differences between kutul and cetul. These findings further suggest that the contrast between the pronouns is partially motivated by the deictic distinctions between their roots. Thus, this study demonstrates that Korean third-person plural pronouns display internally differentiated patterns of out-group representation.

Abstract
1. 서론
2. 연구 배경
    2.1. 선행 연구
    2.2. ‘이들, 그들, 저들’의 담화적 속성
    2.3. 연구 방법: 전산언어학
    2.4. 연구 자료: 정치 담화 코퍼스
3. 분석 방법
    3.1. 코퍼스 구축
    3.2. 전산언어학적 분석 방법
4. 분석 결과
    4.1. 빈도 분석
    4.2. 공기어 분석
    4.3. 워드임베딩
    4.4. Surprisal 분석
5. 논의
6. 결론
참고문헌

• 오경제(Undergraduate Student, College of Education, Korea University; 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, South Korea) | Gyeongjae Oh
• 송상헌(Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Korea University; 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, South Korea) | Sanghoun Song Corresponding author