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Patchwork, whose beauty has long been appreciated in many cultures across the globe, is a type of needlework that involves sewing scraps of fabric together to create a larger piece of art.

Every culture is proud of its own patterns, including Koreans, who take pride in their unique style, jogakbo.

Created during the Joseon dynasty, it is a type
of traditional wrapping cloth made by stitching small pieces of fabric into a large square or rectangle.

Frugal women did not want to waste
any fabric and found ways to reuse it.

However, jogakbo was much
more than just repurposing fabric.

It often told the creator’s life story because a finished piece contained fabric scraps from her wedding
skirt, her husband’s shirt, and her children’s clothes.

The practical
need to repurpose leftover patches gave birth to a novel art form.

Patchwork, whose beauty has long been appreciated in many cultures across the globe, is a type of needlework that involves sewing scraps of fabric together to create a larger piece of art.

whose는 소유격 관계대명사로, 앞뒤로 쉼표를 넣어 선행사 Patchwork에 대해 추가적인 내용을 제시하였다. has been appreciated는 「have〔has〕 been p.p.」 형태의 현재완료 수동태로 수동의 의미를 나타내어 ‘인정받아 왔다’로 해석한다.

Created during the Joseon dynasty, it is a type of traditional wrapping cloth made by stitching small pieces of fabric into a large square or rectangle.

Created during the Joseon dynasty는 수동 분사구문으로, Created 앞에 Having been이 생략된 형태이다.

Additionally, researchers asked participants if they thought their partners liked them.

if they thought their partners liked them는 asked의 직접목적어인 명사절로 if는 ‘~인지’의 의 미를 나타내는 접속사이다. their partners liked them는 thought의 목적어인 명사절로, 접속사 that은 생략되었다.

Most participants’ estimations of their partners’ responses were pessimistic, which were opposite to the real responses.

Most participants’ estimations of their partners’ responses는 문장의 주어 역할을 하는 명사구로, 주어의 핵이 복수형 명사인 estimations이므로 술어동사는 were이 쓰였다. which were opposite to the real responses는 Most participants’ estimations of their partners’ responses을 부가적으로 설명하는 관계절이다.

It turns out that participants do not make bad impressions but make better impressions than they think.

It은 형식상의 주어이고 that 이하가 내용상의 주어이다. ‘A가 아니라 B’의 뜻인 not A but B 구조가 사용되어 make bad impressions와 make better impressions than they think가 but으로 대등하게 연결되어 있다.