Language of Hallyu - More Than Polite

The Language of Hallyu will re-examine the language of the Korean Wave by looking at popular K-content. In doing so, it will expose the meanings that get lost in translation, hidden under subtitles.

List of contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Romanisation Conventions
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER 1. THE ONE INCH BARRIER
CHAPTER 2. LANGUAGE STYLISTICS
CHAPTER 3. ADDRESS MATTERS
CHAPTER 4. NEGOTIATIONS: A TUG OF A WAR BETWEEN POWER AND SOLIDARITY
CHAPTER 5. SOCIAL MEDIA STYLISTICS
CHAPTER 6 BODILY SPEAKING
CHAPTER 7. PRIVATELY SPEAKING
CHAPTER 8. FORMALLY SPEAKING
CHAPTER 9. INTERCULTURALLY SPEAKING
CHAPTER 10. WOMEN'S WORDS
EPILOGUE
Index

About the author

Jieun Kiaer is Professor of Korean Linguistics at the University of Oxford. She publishes widely on East Asian translation, with particular emphasis on Korean translation. She also works on Hallyu and the impact of popular culture in the development of language. Her publications include The Routledge Course in Korean Translation (2018); Translation and Literature in East Asia: Between Visibility and Invisibility with Jennifer Guest and Xiaofan Amy Li (2019); Korean Literature Through the Korean Wave with Anna Yates-Lu (2019); On Translating Modern Korean Poetry with Anna Yates-Lu and Mattho Mandersloot (2020); and Pragmatics in Korean and Japanese Translation (2022) with Ben Cagan.

Summary

The Language of Hallyu will re-examine the language of the Korean Wave by looking at popular K-content. In doing so, it will expose the meanings that get lost in translation, hidden under subtitles.

Product details

• Authors: Jieun Kiaer, Kiaer Jieun
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032130927
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3213092-7
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Routledge Studies in East Asian Translation
• 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; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Korean, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics, Korean, Language teaching and learning, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Speech & Pronunciation, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Semantics & pragmatics