Interpersonal grammar of Korean

A Systemic Functional Linguistics perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID20396103
AuthorsGi-Hyun Shin (UNSW Sydney, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume25
Issue1
Pages20-53
Publication date2018-08-10
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueFunctions of Language (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0929-998X • E-ISSN: 1569-9765
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/fol.17017.shi
OpenAlexW2885482292
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

This paper provides an account of interpersonal resources in Korean from the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistics. The focus is upon the paradigmatic interdependency of addressee deference, mood, stance and politeness , and the syntagmatic interaction of their realisations with polarity, modality, vocation and the participant deference in this language. Specifically, this paper puts two arguments forward. One is that the system of formality is fundamental in Korean. The system has two choices: formal and informal. mood and addressee deference belong to formal resources, and involve power-oriented language use. stance and politeness are informal resources, and involve solidarity-oriented language use. The other argument is that realisations of interpersonal resources are scattered across ranks in Korean. The paper advocates SFL’s top-down paradigmatic perspective, which enables us to pull resources together in an account that formalises their interdependency while respecting their divergent realisations

Closeness · Deference · Epistemology · Formality · Indirect speech · Interdependence · Interpersonal communication · Linguistics · Politeness · Sociology · Systemic functional linguistics · Communication · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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