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Author Brown, Lucien.

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

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 311 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Pragmatics & beyond new series ; v. 206
Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 206.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-307) and index.
Contents Korean Honorifics and Politeness in Second Language Learning; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; 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; Pragmatics & Beyond New Series.
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 "meani.
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Subject Korean language -- Honorific.
Korean language -- Honorific.
Korean language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
Korean language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
Second language acquisition.
Second language acquisition.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Brown, Lucien. Korean honorifics and politeness in second language learning. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011 9789027256102 (DLC) 2011004874 (OCoLC)701330657
ISBN 9789027286970 (eb)
9027286973 (eb)
9789027256102 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9027256101 (hardback ; alkaline paper)