E305/505 Korean Language and Culture

Discussion questions on address-reference terms

Brown & Ford (1964)

1. What are the principal options of address in English?
   
   
   
   
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?
   
   

Hijirida and Sohn (1983)

1. How do the following honorific variables affect the address terms in English, Japanese & Korean?
   
   
   • Kinship: What address terms would be used in addressing the following kins in the three lg's.
     
     

     Speaking to:	American Egnlish	Japanese	Korean
     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?
     
     

     Speaking to:	American Egnlish	Japanese	Korean
     Younger superior
     Older inferior

   
   

   
   
2. Considering the tables you filled in, rank the three languages from the most sensitive to the lest with regard to each honorific variable.
   1. Kinshipage: ____________________________________________________________
      
      
   2. Age: ____________________________________________________________
      
      
   3. Gender: ____________________________________________________________
      
      
   4. Social status: ____________________________________________________________
      
      
   5. Ingroupness: ____________________________________________________________
      
      
   6. Intimacy: ____________________________________________________________
      
      
   7. Casualness: ____________________________________________________________