Korean Honorifics and Politeness in Second Language Learning

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-272-5610-2
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, Band 206, 311 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 745 g

Reihe: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown, Lucien

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Note on transcriptions
1. Introduction
2. The Korean honorifics system
3. Honorifics and politeness
4. Honorifics and L2 pragmatic development
5. Data analysis: Discourse Completion Test
6. Data analysis: Role-plays
7. Data analysis: Natural interactions
8. Data analysis: Honorific sensitive incidents
9. Discussion and conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index