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It has generally been said that in Korean and Japanese the subject of the sentence is optionally deletable. There have been some attempts to account for the matter of subject ellipsis, but no clear answer has yet been found. According to previous studies, subjects which are identifiable in a given context can be deleted. However, there are many cases where such subjects are not deleted, but appear. This paper attempts to solve the problem of why some subjects are deleted while other subjects are not, by suggesting four discourse-pragmatic concepts, such as 'contrast', 'forming and cutting off a connection', 'making clear', and 'expressing the speaker's surprise.'