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@article{ART001937801},
author={Lee Eun Mi},
title={The use of hedges in Korean and Japanese conversations between university students},
journal={The Japanese Language Association of Korea},
issn={1229-7275},
year={2014},
number={42},
pages={207-223}

TY - JOUR
AU - Lee Eun Mi
TI - The use of hedges in Korean and Japanese conversations between university students
JO - The Japanese Language Association of Korea
PY - 2014
VL - null
IS - 42
PB - The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
SP - 207
EP - 223
SN - 1229-7275
AB - In this study, the use of hedges in conversations between friends of university students in Japan and Korea was investigated in terms of the gender difference. The results are summarized as follows. Overall, more kinds of hedges were used in conversations between Japanese university students than between Korean university students. Both ‘the ratio of utterances in which hedges used’ and ‘the average number of hedges per utterance’ were also higher in conversations between Japanese university students. For Korean university students, while the use ratio of hedges in utterance was higher in conversations between female university students than that between male university students, the number of hedges used in conversations was similar in both genders. For Japanese students, the use ratio of hedges in utterance was higher in conversations between male university students than that between female university students while the number of hedges used in conversations was higher in conversations between female university students. These results imply that hedges are used as a politeness strategy for smooth communication more diversely and frequently in Japanese compared with Korean. In addition, although there are some hedge expressions that are traditionally used irrespective of gender in both languages, there are also differences between two genders in the use of hedges and the preference of hedge expressions.
KW - Hedge;Smooth Communication;Conversations between friends;Gender difference;Comparative study between Korean and Japanese
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Lee Eun Mi. (2014). The use of hedges in Korean and Japanese conversations between university students. The Japanese Language Association of Korea, 42, 207-223.

Lee Eun Mi. 2014, "The use of hedges in Korean and Japanese conversations between university students", The Japanese Language Association of Korea, no.42, pp.207-223.

Lee Eun Mi "The use of hedges in Korean and Japanese conversations between university students" The Japanese Language Association of Korea 42 pp.207-223 (2014) : 207.

Lee Eun Mi. The use of hedges in Korean and Japanese conversations between university students. 2014; 42 : 207-223.

Lee Eun Mi. "The use of hedges in Korean and Japanese conversations between university students" The Japanese Language Association of Korea no.42(2014) : 207-223.

Lee Eun Mi. The use of hedges in Korean and Japanese conversations between university students. The Japanese Language Association of Korea, 42, 207-223.

Lee Eun Mi. The use of hedges in Korean and Japanese conversations between university students. The Japanese Language Association of Korea. 2014; 42 207-223.

Lee Eun Mi. The use of hedges in Korean and Japanese conversations between university students. 2014; 42 : 207-223.

Lee Eun Mi. "The use of hedges in Korean and Japanese conversations between university students" The Japanese Language Association of Korea no.42(2014) : 207-223.