North and South Koreans Perception of Expressive Speech Act

• 발행기관: 한국사회언어학회
• 저자명: Haiyoung Lee Bolami Lee Hee Chung Chun
• 간행물 정보: 『사회언어학』제29권 3호, 253~280쪽, 전체 28쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2021.09.30

영문 초록

We examined how North Korean refugees (NKRs) residing in South Korea and South Korean natives (SKs) perceive expressive speech act with message-oriented utterances and relationship-oriented utterances. Unlike most previous literature, we focused on the pragmatic heterogeneity and illustrated possible pragmatic failures that NKRs may encounter in South Korea. The 47-SKs and 43-NKRs responded to the survey with videoclips that shows combinations of the speech acts (thanking, compliment/response, and apology) and the utterance type (message-oriented and relationship-oriented). Each video entails three survey questions asking for participant s perception of conversations and their evaluation on the speaker s personality. The analysis revealed that SKs perception of relationship-oriented utterances is more positive than NKRs. Also, NKRs evaluations did not change significantly over time, showing that explicit instruction on the difference may be required. These findings suggest that for successful communication between two groups with different sociocultural backgrounds, instruction in language use can be helpful.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Background

3. Methodology

4. Results

5. Discussion

6. Conclusion

키워드

Message-oriented utterance Relationship-oriented utterance Expressive speech act Pragmatic heterogeneity North Korean Refugees