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A study on address terms used for female staff working in restaurants

  • 日本硏究
  • 2013, (35), pp.47-66
  • Publisher : The Center for Japanese Studies
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature
  • Published : August 20, 2013

한영옥 1 박복덕 2

1동남보건대학교
2한림성심대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study aims to present an appropriate and correct usage of address terms considering the recent fact that even native Korean speakers have difficulty in using them as well as foreigners living in Korea. This study resulted with the following conclusions through an analysis of a survey conducted with female staff working in regular restaurants divided into two groups of ages from 20∼30 and 40∼50. They were asked which kind of terms they were addressed by, and which they preferred with the reasons as well. 1) Female staff working in restaurants aging from 20∼30 were mostly called by ‘yeogiyo/jeogiyo’ due to the lack of a specific address term, and employees in their 40∼50s were called as ‘emo, ahjoomma, yeogiyo/jeogiyo, and ahjoomuhni’ because of the closeness it fosters. 2) Address terms preferred by female staff in their 20∼30s were ‘yeogiyo/jeogiyo’ which is a place calling type ‘because it is casual’, and women in their 40∼50s mostly preferred ‘sajangnim’, ‘because they feel respected’.

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