@article{ART002056823},
author={lee kil yong},
title={Politeness Theory and Evaluation of Language Behavior in Korean, Chinese and Japanese},
journal={The Japanese Language Association of Korea},
issn={1229-7275},
year={2015},
number={46},
pages={57-73},
doi={10.14817/jlak.2015.46.57}
TY - JOUR
AU - lee kil yong
TI - Politeness Theory and Evaluation of Language Behavior in Korean, Chinese and Japanese
JO - The Japanese Language Association of Korea
PY - 2015
VL - null
IS - 46
PB - The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
SP - 57
EP - 73
SN - 1229-7275
AB - This research applies the Politeness Theory to an analysis of how Korean, Chinese and Japanese evaluate the degree of face threatening in request, account and refusal speech acts in all three languages. Results showed that the degree of face threatening increases in the following order: request → account → refusal.
The analysis of data drew the following conclusions. (1) Korean, Chinese and Japanese subjects highly evaluated request utterances in Japanese. Also, Japanese subjects considered refusal utterances in all three languages acceptable. (2) It was also observed that high evaluation of request utterances in Japanese is related to the use of Japanese politeness strategies (off record). However, in refusal utterances, positive politeness strategies used in Korean and Chinese languages were highly evaluated, especially when it concerned “being polite” and “consideration for the hearer”. (3) In situations where the risk of face threatening increases, as in the case of refusal utterances, explanation of the reasons are seen as an efficient strategy for communication. Overall results showed that subjects considered the Japanese communication style a model to perform request speech acts. On the other hand, in the case of refusal and account utterances, Korean and Chinese styles were considered a communication model to be followed.
From the results shown above, we conclude that Japanese speakers are more likely to choose linguistic forms according to social restrictions and that their language behavior is based on “wakimae” (discernment). As for Koreans and Chinese, speakers often build their social relations using positive politeness according to each of the situations they face. We can say that language behavior in Korean and Chinese is based on “hatarakikake” (volition).
KW - Language behavior;Politeness;Face-risk;Mutual evaluation
DO - 10.14817/jlak.2015.46.57
ER -
lee kil yong. (2015). Politeness Theory and Evaluation of Language Behavior in Korean, Chinese and Japanese. The Japanese Language Association of Korea, 46, 57-73.
lee kil yong. 2015, "Politeness Theory and Evaluation of Language Behavior in Korean, Chinese and Japanese", The Japanese Language Association of Korea, no.46, pp.57-73. Available from: doi:10.14817/jlak.2015.46.57
lee kil yong "Politeness Theory and Evaluation of Language Behavior in Korean, Chinese and Japanese" The Japanese Language Association of Korea 46 pp.57-73 (2015) : 57.
lee kil yong. Politeness Theory and Evaluation of Language Behavior in Korean, Chinese and Japanese. 2015; 46 : 57-73. Available from: doi:10.14817/jlak.2015.46.57
lee kil yong. "Politeness Theory and Evaluation of Language Behavior in Korean, Chinese and Japanese" The Japanese Language Association of Korea no.46(2015) : 57-73.doi: 10.14817/jlak.2015.46.57
lee kil yong. Politeness Theory and Evaluation of Language Behavior in Korean, Chinese and Japanese. The Japanese Language Association of Korea, 46, 57-73. doi: 10.14817/jlak.2015.46.57
lee kil yong. Politeness Theory and Evaluation of Language Behavior in Korean, Chinese and Japanese. The Japanese Language Association of Korea. 2015; 46 57-73. doi: 10.14817/jlak.2015.46.57
lee kil yong. Politeness Theory and Evaluation of Language Behavior in Korean, Chinese and Japanese. 2015; 46 : 57-73. Available from: doi:10.14817/jlak.2015.46.57
lee kil yong. "Politeness Theory and Evaluation of Language Behavior in Korean, Chinese and Japanese" The Japanese Language Association of Korea no.46(2015) : 57-73.doi: 10.14817/jlak.2015.46.57
