This paper examines the public perception of the language discriminating the disabled/handicapped and the state of linguistic consideration of the media for those people in Korean society. The investigation reveals following facts; most of all, able-bodied people declined to recognize any internal injury as disability or handicap. Secondly, in spite of all the terms prescribed or recommended to refer to those handicapped people, discriminatory language is still frequently used. The public is using undesirable expressions even when they are well aware of the wrong to use them and agree to purify the language as well as to elevate their linguistic consideration for the handicapped. While the media is making various efforts to refine those discriminatory language, the internet service providers or users are far less concerned in linguistic consideration for the handicapped. From the analysis, it is strongly suggested that we should be more concerned and try harder to refine the handicapped-related language.
@article{ART001414150}, author={임영철 and 윤사연}, title={The Public Perception of the Language Discriminating the Handicapped and Linguistic Consideration for Those People}, journal={The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea}, issn={1226-4822}, year={2009}, volume={17}, number={2}, pages={137-155}
TY - JOUR AU - 임영철 AU - 윤사연 TI - The Public Perception of the Language Discriminating the Handicapped and Linguistic Consideration for Those People JO - The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea PY - 2009 VL - 17 IS - 2 PB - The Sociolinguistic Society Of Korea SP - 137 EP - 155 SN - 1226-4822 AB - This paper examines the public perception of the language discriminating the disabled/handicapped and the state of linguistic consideration of the media for those people in Korean society. The investigation reveals following facts; most of all, able-bodied people declined to recognize any internal injury as disability or handicap. Secondly, in spite of all the terms prescribed or recommended to refer to those handicapped people, discriminatory language is still frequently used. The public is using undesirable expressions even when they are well aware of the wrong to use them and agree to purify the language as well as to elevate their linguistic consideration for the handicapped. While the media is making various efforts to refine those discriminatory language, the internet service providers or users are far less concerned in linguistic consideration for the handicapped. From the analysis, it is strongly suggested that we should be more concerned and try harder to refine the handicapped-related language. KW - the disabled;discriminatory language;the terms for the disabled;linguistic consideration;purification of language. DO - UR - ER -
임영철 and 윤사연. (2009). The Public Perception of the Language Discriminating the Handicapped and Linguistic Consideration for Those People. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, 17(2), 137-155.
임영철 and 윤사연. 2009, "The Public Perception of the Language Discriminating the Handicapped and Linguistic Consideration for Those People", The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, vol.17, no.2 pp.137-155.
임영철, 윤사연 "The Public Perception of the Language Discriminating the Handicapped and Linguistic Consideration for Those People" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 17.2 pp.137-155 (2009) : 137.
임영철, 윤사연. The Public Perception of the Language Discriminating the Handicapped and Linguistic Consideration for Those People. 2009; 17(2), 137-155.
임영철 and 윤사연. "The Public Perception of the Language Discriminating the Handicapped and Linguistic Consideration for Those People" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 17, no.2 (2009) : 137-155.
임영철; 윤사연. The Public Perception of the Language Discriminating the Handicapped and Linguistic Consideration for Those People. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, 17(2), 137-155.
임영철; 윤사연. The Public Perception of the Language Discriminating the Handicapped and Linguistic Consideration for Those People. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea. 2009; 17(2) 137-155.
임영철, 윤사연. The Public Perception of the Language Discriminating the Handicapped and Linguistic Consideration for Those People. 2009; 17(2), 137-155.
임영철 and 윤사연. "The Public Perception of the Language Discriminating the Handicapped and Linguistic Consideration for Those People" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 17, no.2 (2009) : 137-155.