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E305/505 Korean Language and Culture

 

Schedule:

*-marked readings are required readings.

Date Content Assignments
Week 1 Overview & Korean Wrting system (Han'gul)
8/27 (T)

An overview of general issues in Language and culture1

 Sohn (2006, Ch 1),* Wardaugh (1992: 215-227),* Wierzbicka (1992),* Whorf (1956)
8/29 (R)

An overview of general issues in Language and culture 2

 Sohn (2006, Ch 1),* Wardaugh (1992: 215-227),* Wierzbicka (1992),* Whorf (1956)
Week 2 Make up of Korean Language
9/3 (T)

Makeup of Korean language

Ramsey (2006, Ch2),* Sampson (1985),* Ahn (1997),* Ramsey (1992)
9/5 (R)

Makeup of Korean language

Ramsey (2006, Ch2),* Sampson (1985), Ahn (1997),* Ramsey (1992), Kim-Renaud (1997)
Week 3 Korean vocabulary, Color terms
9/10 (T)

Make up of Korean vocabulary:

  • Sino-Korean words, loan words, & native words
  • Use of Chinese characters
 Sohn (2006, Ch 4),* Ramsey (2006, Ch 5),* Sohn (1999, Ch 5)
9/12 (R)

Concepts of Color

Wardaugh (1992: 230-232),* A. Kim (1985),* Tyson (1997),* Berlin and Kay (1969), Park (2001)
Week 4 Kinship terms
9/17 (T)

Kinship terms

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

Wardaugh (1992, 223-227),* King (2006, Ch 9),* K-K. Lee (1997)*

Essay 1 Due
9/19 (R) Extension of kinship terms Wardaugh (1992, 223-227),* K-K. Lee (1997),* M. Kim (1999),* Yu, Youngnan (1991)*
Week 5 Cultural values and social norms
9/24 (T) Cultural values and social norms: #15 Kalton (1979)*
Assignment
9/26 (R) Korean culture and language Koo (1988),* Sohn (1986)*
Week 6 Names
10/1 (T) Korean culture and language Koo (1988),* Sohn (1986)*
10/3 (R)

Names and titles

  • Significance of names in Korean culture
  • Cycling generations
Sung (1981),*Ha (1958)
Week 7 Dialects, Sound symbolism
10/8 (T) Dialects and the role of "standard" language: Guest lecture by Dr. Jeff Holliday Yim & Long 2002,* King (2006, Ch22)
10/10 (R) Mimetic expresions and sound symbolism: Guest leture by Prof. Natsuko Tsujimura Hinton, et al. (1994),* Cho (2006, Ch 6)*
Week 8  
10/15 (T)

Names and titles

  • Significance of names in Korean culture
  • Cycling generations

Sound symbolism in Korean

Sung (1981),*Ha (1958)

 

Hinton, et al. (1994),* Cho (2006, Ch 6)*

10/17 (R) Review for MIDTERM  
Week 9 Midterm
10/22 (T)

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

Robinson (1975)*
10/24 (R) Midterm  
Week 10 Greetings, phatic expressions, proverbs
10/29 (T) Greetings

Duranti (1987),* Park (2006, Ch 13)*

Assignment
10/31 (R)

Proverbs

White (1987),* J. Lee (2006, Ch 7)*
Week 11 Politeness
11/5 (T)

Politeness/speech levels:

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

Brown & Gilman (1972),* Sohn (1983/1986)*

 
11/7 (R)

Address terms

  • Social hierarchy and address terms
  • Relationships and address terms

Brown & Ford (1964),* Hijrida & Sohn (1983),* Yu Youngnan,* Koo (1990), Koh (2006, Ch 12)
Assignment
Week 12 Politeness and address terms
11/12 (T)

Address terms

  • Social hierarchy and address terms
  • Relationships and address terms

Brown & Ford (1964),* Hijrida & Sohn (1983),* Yu Youngnan,* Koo (1990), Koh (2006, Ch 12)
Assignment
11/14 (R)

Address terms

  • Social hierarchy and address terms
  • Relationships and address terms

Brown & Ford (1964),* Hijrida & Sohn (1983),* Yu Youngnan,* Koo (1990), Koh (2006, Ch 12)
Assignment
Week 13 Language and gender
11/19 (T) Gender, class, and, sexism, and language

Y-A. Cho (2006, Ch 16)*

Essay 2 Due
11/21 (R)

Male vs. female speech

  • Variation in conversational styles
    		•

    Ochs (1992),* Bak (1983),* Tannen(1992),* Trudgill (1974, Ch4), Wang (2006, Ch 17)

    Week 14 Language and media
    12/3 (T) Advertisement and language

    Cho & Ling (2006, Ch 18),* Strauss (2006, Ch 19)*

     
    12/5 (R) Han'gul movement by Choe Hyon-bae Robinson 1975*
    Week 15 Life cycles, zodiac, seasonal terms
    12/10 (T)

    Cultural terms: Celestial and terrestrial mappings, age, life cycle, calendars, holidays, seasonal terms

    Schulz (2006, Ch 8)*

    Assignment
    12/12 (R) Review for the final, Evaluation Essay 3 Due
    Final Exam
    Dec. 17 (T) FINAL EXAM 5:00-7:00 p.m.