Social variation and change in honorific usage among Korean adults in an urban setting

The present study examined social variation and change in honorific usage in Korean among 158 subjects in Pusan, Korea. The main goal of the study was to delineate the relative importance of social variables governing the choice of speech levels and kinship terms in personal interaction, and to discover possible similarities or differences across sex, age, and socioeconomic class. To standardize data collection a questionnaire was used, which asked respondents to rank factors influencing their choice of speech levels and to report their use of kin terms. While the subjects constituted a convenience sample, ages by design ranged primarily from the 20s through the 50s (with a concentration of speakers in their 20s and 30s). The socioeconomic class distribution by working class (23%) versus middle class (77%) was skewed toward the middle class.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Mun, Mae-Ran Park

Contributors dc:contributor

• Cunningham, Clark E.

• Language, General

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1991 Mun, Mae-Ran Park

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9136680
(UMI)AAI9136680

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22852