Phonological Variations of Korean Language Use in Online Contexts

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Phonological Variations of Korean Language Use in Online Contexts: Park, Chaehee

31 May 2021. pp. 63-74

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine phonological variations of internet-based Korean language use. A review of data revealed variations in the consonants and vowels, and the syllable structure of a word. First, online language users tend to employ a polite speech style ending with -yeo instead of –yo, and the diphthong, /wə/ was also monophthongized into either /ə/ or /o/. Second, the nasal consonants /m/ or /ŋ/ were added into a syllable final position of a CV syllable, yielding a CVC syllable It was also found that the nasal /m/ was used in the deferential speech style with the omission of the middle syllable of -sup-ni-da, resulting in –sum-da. It is suggested that online Korean language users employ those phonological variations to deliver solidarity and intimacy to the addressee, establishing specific linguistic forms in an online speech community.

Keywords

Korean

online language

nasals

honorific speech styles

consonants and vowels

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Publisher :The Modern Linguistic Society of Korea
Publisher(Ko) :한국현대언어학회
Journal Title :The Journal of Studies in Language
Journal Title(Ko) :언어연구
Volume : 37
No :1
Pages :63-74
DOI :https://doi.org/10.18627/jslg.37.1.202105.63

[1] Ahn, M. 2019. Linguistic and Nonlinguistic Politeness Strategies in Korean Internet Discourse. Discourse and Cognition 26.2, 49-66. 10.15718/discog.2019.26.2.49

[2] Dino, A., S. Reysen., and N. Branscombe. 2009. Online Interactions between Group Members Who Differ in Status. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 28.1, 85-93. 10.1177/0261927X08325916

[3] Golato, A. and C. Taleghani-Mikazm. 2006. Negotiation of Face in Web Chats. Multilingua 25.3, 293-321. 10.1515/MULTI.2006.017

[4] Jung, K.-E. 2019. A Study on the Use of Interrogative Final Endings ‘-eun ga yo’ and ‘-na yo’ for Korean Language Education-Focused on Internet Question and Answer Bulletin Boards. URIMALGEUL:The Korean Language and Literature 82, 275-309.

[5] Kang, W. 2005. Spoken Properties of On-Line Chat and Differences from the Spoken Language. Linguistic Research 22.2, 1-22.

[6] Kim, J.-B. and P. Sells. 2007. Korean Honorification: A Kind of Expressive Meaning. Journal of East Asian Linguistics 16, 303-336.10.1007/s10831-007-9014-4

[7] Lee, J.-B. 2012. Usages, Research Trends, and Challenges of Net-language in the Smart-phone Era. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 20.1, 177-211.

[8] Lee, I. and R. Ramsey. 2000. The Korean Language. Albany: State University of New York Press.

[9] Park, C. 2009. The Use of Polite Verbal Suffix -yo and -yeo in Korean Internet Cafe. Eoneohag 57, 23-36.

[10] Park, C. 2010. Language Styles of Korean in Chat-rooms. Studies in the Linguistic Sciences: Illinois Working Papers, 157-170.

[11] Shin, H.-S. 2016. Linguistic Analysis of the Communication Language. Konjiinmunhak 15, 195-220.

[12] Sohn, H.-M. 1981. Power and Solidarity in the Korean Language. Papers in Linguistics 14.1-4, 431-452.10.1080/08351818109370546

[13] Sohn, H.-M. 1999. The Korean Language. Cambridge and New York; Cambridge University Press.

[14] Strauss, S. and J. Eun. 2005. Indexicality and Honorific Speech Level Choice in Korean, Linguistics 43.3, 611-651.10.1515/ling.2005.43.3.611

[15] Yoon, S.-S., C.-S. Kim. and D.-E. Lee. 2014. Politeness Strategies in Conversations through Mobile Messaging Applications. Bilingual Research 56, 155-181.10.17296/korbil.2014..56.155

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