Korean honorifics and politeness in second language learning / Lucien Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Lucien.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond. New series ; v. 206.

Pragmatics & beyond. New series ; v. 206

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korean language--Honorific.

Korean language.

Korean language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

Second language acquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia [Pa.] : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book investigates the ways that advanced speakers of Korean as a second language perceive, use and learn the complexities of the Korean honorifics system. Despite their advanced proficiency in Korean, the study shows that the honorifics use of these speakers diverges in crucial ways from native speaker norms. It is argued that, rather than reflecting the language competence of these speakers as such, this usage is linked to questions of the identity of "language learners" and "foreigners" in Korean society. In addition, it shows the influence of conflicting ideologies regarding the "meaning" of "politeness". This argument is backed up by rich data collected through mixed methods (discourse completion tests, role-plays, natural interactions, introspective interviews), allowing for a detailed picture of how the honorifics use of second language speakers emerges in context. The book concludes by discussing the implications of the study for politeness research, interlanguage pragmatics and language pedagogy.

Contents:

Korean Honorifics and Politeness in Second Language Learning

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

Note on transcriptions

1. Introduction

1.1 Objectives

1.2 Previous approaches to the acquisition of Korean honorifics

1.3 An interlanguage pragmatics approach

1.4 Overview of methodology

1.5 Terminology

2. The Korean honorifics system

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Defining honorifics

2.3 Component parts of the Korean honorifics system

2.4 Putting the honorifics system together

3. Honorifics and politeness

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Previous approaches to politeness and honorifics

3.3 Towards a model of politeness

3.4 Korean politeness ideologies and the use of honorifics

4. Honorifics and L2 pragmatic development

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Pragmalinguistic knowledge

4.3 Sociopragmatic knowledge

4.4 Identity

5. Data analysis: Discourse Completion Test

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Methodology

5.3 Results and analysis

5.4 Conclusion

6. Data analysis: Role-plays

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Methodology

6.3 Honorifics use in "professor" role-play

6.4 Honorifics use in "friend" role-play

6.5 Conclusion

7. Data analysis: Natural interactions

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Methodology

7.3 Interactions with status superiors and new acquaintances

7.4 Interactions with intimate status equals and subordinates

7.5 Conclusion

8. Data analysis: Honorific sensitive incidents

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Methodology

8.3 Pragmalinguistic deficiencies

8.4 "Separation" from Korean community

8.5 Negotiating "face"

8.6 Conclusion

9. Discussion and conclusion

9.1 Overview

9.2 Summary of main arguments

9.3 Implications of the study

9.4 Future directions

Appendices

Appendix 1. Discourse Completion Test.

Appendix 2. DCT raw scores

Appendix 3. Role-play instructions

Appendix 4. Instructions for making recordings (natural interactions)

Appendix 5. Interview questions

Appendix 6. Summary of individual usage of participants

Bibliography

Index

Pragmatics &amp

Beyond New Series.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613059390

9781283059398

1283059398

9789027286970

9027286973

OCLC:

717514233