Korean Language in Culture And Society

Klappentext Intended as a companion to the popular Klear Textbooks in Korean Language series and designed and edited by a leading Korean linguist! this is the first volume of its kind to treat specifically the critical role of language in Korean culture and society. An introductory chapter provides the framework of the volume! defining language! culture! and society and their interrelatedness and presenting an overview of the Korean language vis-a-vis its culture and society from evolutionary and dynamic perspectives. Early on! contributors examine the invention and use of the Korean alphabet! South Korea's "standard language" vs. North Korea's "cultured language!" and Korean in contact with Chinese and Japanese. Several topics representative of Korean socio-cultural vocabulary (sound symbolic words! proverbs! calendar-related terms! kinship terms! slang expressions) are discussed! followed by a consideration of Korean honorifics and other related issues. Two chapters on Korean media! one on advertisements and the other a comparative analysis of television ads in Korea! Japan! and the U.S.! follow. Finally! contributors look at salient features of the language! narrative structure! and dialectal variation. All chapters are accompanied by a set of student questions and a useful bibliography. A beginning level of proficiency in Korean is sufficient to digest the Korean examples with facility! making this volume accessible to a wide range of students. Zusammenfassung Examines the critical role of language in Korean culture and society. Several topics representative of Korean socio-cultural vocabulary are discussed! followed by a consideration of Korean honorifics and other related issues. All chapters in this volume are accompanied by a set of student questions and a useful bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Ho-Min Sohn, Ho-Min (EDT) Sohn
• Assisted by: Ho-Min Sohn (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.12.2005
• EAN: 9780824826949
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-2694-9
• No. of pages: 292
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Klear Textbooks in Korean Lang; KLEAR Textbooks in Korean Language; Klear Textbooks in Korean Lang
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik, Koreanisch, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Korean, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Southeast Asian Languages (see also Vietnamese)