Speech Styles in Korean

Speech styles in Korean

	Statement	Question	Command	Proposal
P (Deferential) Style	(Sû)Pni-ta	(Sû)Pni-kka	(û)siPsio	(û)siPsita
S (Authoritive) Style	(S)o	O	((û)si)o	(U)psita
N (Intimate) Style	Ne	Na	Ke	Se
Y (Polite) Style	E/A-Yo	E/A-Yo	E/A-Yo	E/A-Yo
E (Familiar) Style	E/A	E/A	E/A	E/A
T (Plain) Style	Ta	Nya/Ni	Ra	Ca

P (Deferential) Style: used mostly in formal communication settings:

Broadcasting
Public speech or announcement
Business-related meetings including interviews and conferences
Speaking to a highly respected person

Y (Polite) Style: used in most of adult casual interactions

E (Familiar) Style: used between intimate friends, siblings, many couples and speaking to younger speakers

T (Plain) Style:

1) Non-conversational: proses

2) Conversational: only between friends from childhood, speaking to much younger addressee (e.g. children, kins in lower kin rank)

S (Authoritive) Style: limited use in military, letter writing mostly when power variables in conflict

N (Intimate) Style: limited use among adult friends, letter writing, speaking to adult students, to a son-in-law

Worksheet for speech styles in Korean:

Based on the video clip you watch, identify the speech style used in each dyad given below.

	Situation/Dyad	Speaker	Speech style used	Notes
1.	Blind Date	Male:
1.	Blind Date	Female:
2.	Phone Conversation	Receiver:
2.	Phone Conversation	Unknown caller:
3.	Parent-offspring	Mother:
3.	Parent-offspring	Son:
4.	In-laws	Older brother's wife:
4.	In-laws	Husband's younger brother:
5.	In-laws	Mother-in-law:
5.	In-laws	Daughter-in-law:
6.	Husband-wife	Husband:
6.	Husband-wife	Wife:
7.	Brother-Sister	Brother:
7.	Brother-Sister	Sister:
8.	Male friends	Friend:
8.	Male friends	Friend:
9.	Female friends	Friend:
9.	Female friends	Friend:
10	In-law (brother's wives)	Older sister-in-law:
10	In-law (brother's wives)	Younger sister-in-law