E305/505 Korean Language and Culture

Discussion questions on address-reference terms

1. What are the principal options of address in English?
   Cf. Sohn (1983) & Hijirida and Sohn (1983):
   
   
   
   
2. What are the three diadic patterns of address?
   
   
   
   
3. What are the three forms of FN and how are they used?
   
   
   
4. What is the factor that determines between reciprocal FN and reciprocal TLN?
   
   
   
5. What is the sequential pattern of reciprocal patterns?
   
   
   
6. What are the principal factors that are required for intimacy?
   
   
   
7. What are the factors for the non-reciprocal pattern (i.e. FN <--> TLN)?
   
   
   
   
8. What are the common features shared by Korean, Japanese, and English in the usage of Address-reference terms?
   
   
   
9. How do the following honorific variables affect the address terms in English, Japanese & Korean? Consider which language is most sensitive to each variable.
   
   

• Kinship: What address terms would be used in addressing the following kins in the three lg's.
  Parents:
  
  
  • Children:
    
    
  • Siblings:
    
    
  • Uncles & aunts:<
    
    
  • In-laws:
    
    
    
• Age: What address terms would be used in addressing the following person whose age is in conflict with other variables?
  
  
  
  • Young superior
    
    
  • Old inferior
    
    
  • Young ascending kin
    
    
  • Old descending kin
    
    
• Sex:
  
  
• Social status:
  
  
• Groupness: What terms would be used for your boss?
  
  
  • When addressing him/her?
    
    
  • When you refer to him/her to somebody outside of the company?
    
    
    
• Intimacy: How do address terms change in the folloing situations:
  
  
• As you become more acquainted with the person: How would one's rank power affect?
  
  
• Different between addressing siblings and in-laws?
  
  
• When angry
  
  
• How are nicknames used?
  
  
  
• Casualness: