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E305/505 Korean Language and Culture
Spring 2004 (Sec. #1593/9566)

 

Schedule:

Date Content Assignments
Week 1 Overview & Korean Wrting system (Han'gul)
1/13 (T) An overview of general issues in Language and culture #1 Sohn (Ch 1), #2 Wardaugh (2002)
1/15 (R)

An overview of general issues in Language and culture

 #1 Sohn (Ch 1), #2 Wardaugh (2002)
Week 2 Historical and social overview
1/20 (T)

Makeup of Korean language

  • Han'gul (Korean Alphabet): Video, Its linguistic & philosophical principles
    		•  #3 Ramsey (1992), #4 Ahn (1997), [#5 Park (1990)]
    1/22 (R)

    Han'gul movement by Choe Hyon-bae: Guest lecture by Prof. Robinson:

    		Robinson (1975)
    Week 3 Lexical structure (I)
    1/27 (T)

    Make up of Korean vocabulary:

  • Sino-Korean words, loan words, & native words
  • Use of Chinese characters
    		•  #6 Sohn (Ch 4), #7 Ramsey (Ch 5)
    1/29 (R)

    Concepts of Color

  • Basic color terms and its organization
  • Color terms and conceptual association
    		•  #2 Wardaugh (2002), #9 A. Kim (1985)
    Week 4 Cultural values and social norms
    2/3 (T) Korean culture and language #13 Koo (1988), #14 Sohn (1986)
    2/5 (R) Cultural values and social norms: Guest lecture by Prof. Michael Robinson #15 Kalton (1979)
    Week 5 Lexical structure (II)
    2/10 (T)

    Kinship terms

  • Constitution of family members and relatives
  • Semantics of Kinship term
    		•

    #16 King (Ch 9)

    Essay 1 Due
    2/12 (R) Extension of kinship terms #17 M. Kim (1999)
    Week 6 Proverbs and old sayings
    2/17 (T)

    Proverbs

  • Prominent figures in proverbs
  • Socio-cultural value systems reflected in proverbs
    		• #18 White (1987), #19 J. Lee (Ch 7)
    2/19 (R)

    Taboo, curse, and luck words

  • Socio-cultural underpinnings of taboo words.
    		• #20 Sung (1979)
    Week 7 Names and titles
    2/24 (T)

    Names and titles

  • Significance of names in Korean culture
  • Cycling generations
    		• #21 Sung (1981)
    2/26 (R) Review for MIDTERM
    Week 8 Midterm
    3/3 (T) Midterm
    3/5 (R) Sound symbolism #10 Hinton, et al. (1994), #11 Rhodes (1994), #12 Cho (Ch 5)
    Week 9 Phatic language and slangs
    3/10 (T)

    #25 Duranti (1987), #26 Park (Ch 13), Assignment

    3/12 (R) Slangs #27 Park (Ch 10) Assignment
    3/14-3/22 SPRING RECESS
    Week 10 Metaphors, language of emotions
    3/23 (T)

    Metaphors

  • Metaphorical principles and structures
  • Cross-cultural and language-specific metaphors
  • Election, Marriage, Death

    • #28 Quinn (1991), #29 Lakoff & Johnson (1980), #30 Quinn (1987)

    Essay 2 Due
    3/25 (R) Cultural values and social norms: Guest lecture by Prof. Michael Robinson

    #15 Kalton (1979)
    Assignment
    Week 11 Politeness
    3/30 (T)

    Politeness/speech levels:

  • Factors that determine appropriate speech levels
  • Various speech styles and their uses
    		•

    #31 Brown & Gilman (1972), #32 Sohn (1983), #33 Sohn & Hijrida (1986)
    Assignment
    4/1 (R)

    Politeness/speech levels:

  • Factors that determine appropriate speech levels
  • Various speech styles and their uses
    		•

    #31 Brown & Gilman (1972), #32 Sohn (1983), #33 Sohn & Hijrida (1986)
    Week 12 Language and gender (I)
    4/6 (T)

    Address terms

  • Social hierarchy and address terms
  • Relationships and address terms
    		• #34 Brown & Ford (1964), #35 Hijrida & Sohn (1983), Yu
    Assignment
    4/8 (R) Address and references to spouse #36 Koo (1990)
    Week 13 Language and gender (II)
    4/13 (T) Gender, class, and, sexism, and language #37 Choi (1989), #38 Chung (1986)
    Assignment
    4/15 (R)

    Male vs. female speech

  • Variation in conversational styles
    		•

    #39 Trudgill (1974, Ch4), #40 Ochs (1992). #41 Bak (1977), Tannen(1992)

    Week 14 Cultural terms
    4/20 (T)

    Celestial and terrestrial mappings, age, life cycle

    Schulz (2006, Ch 8, Section 2)
    4/22 (R) Calendar, holidays, seasonal terms

    Schulz (2006, Ch 8)

    Assignment
    Week 15 Language and media
    4/27 (T) Advertisement and language #43 Cho & Ling (Ch 18), #44 Strauss (Ch 19)
    4/29 (R) Review for the final, Evaluation
    Final Exam
    May 4(T) FINAL EXAM 8:00-10:00 pm