Exploring Korean Politeness Across Online and Offline Interactions (2024 ed.)

Edited by Mary Shin Kim,University of Hawaii at Manoa

ISBN13: 9783031507007

Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG

Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

Format: Paperback / softback

Published: 17/07/2025

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Description
This open-access edited volume brings together the latest research on Korean politeness (K-Politeness) from multidisciplinary and multimodal perspectives across a broad range of different interactional contexts and communication platforms, both online and offline. The volume examines how Korean language speakers construct, negotiate, and utilize politeness or impoliteness as discursive practices during daily interaction. The studies not only include intimate interactions between family members and friends, but also institutional interactions between business vendors and customers, doctors and patients, talk show hosts and their guests, as well as politicians. The studies include discussions on the perception of Korean (im)politeness of K-wave viewers and fans. The role of media is discussed and how it influences public discourse and speakers’ perception and practice of Korean (im)politeness. This text also examines interactions through instant text messages, chat boxes in livestreaming sites, online chat boxes with business vendors, and related communication channels. Although the disciplines and methodologies may vary, the studies are based on empirical research. This volume provides new insights through contributions from researchers of different disciplines, including communications, sociolinguistics, conversation analysis, discourse analysis, and pragmatics; it appeals to students and researchers in these fields.
Introduction: K-Politeness Across Online and Offline Interactions.- What Do Korean Speakers Know About Politeness?.- Korean Honorific Speech Level Markers as Contextualization Cues in Family Instant Messages.- Addressee Honorifics as an Interactional Resource for Socialization in Korean Adult-Child Interaction.- Solidarity through Negotiated Interactional Identities in Korean.
  • Language: reference & general
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Semantics, discourse analysis, etc
  • Professional & Vocational
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