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A study of images held by Japanese people toward Korean country, people and language: Through comparison to images held by Japanese people toward Japanese country, people and language

  • The Japanese Language Association of Korea
  • Abbr : JLAK
  • 2017, (54), pp.65-86
  • Publisher : The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature

Sekizaki, Hironori 1 Kyungboon KIM 2 최재영 3

1츠쿠바대학
2明星大學
3筑波大学

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to clarify the images that Japanese people have toward Korea in an attempt to obtain an objective view to improve the relationship. For this aim, the features of images that Japanese people have toward the Korean country, people and language are described through comparison to the images about themselves. The data were collected through a questionnaire, which required to freely describe positive and negative images, respectively. As a result, it was revealed that Japanese people have relatively more negative images than positive toward Korea considering that the numbers of images against Korea was fewer than that against Japan. In addition, the result of coding and text analysis showed that Japanese people tend to have images such as “clear assertion” and “strong patriotism” toward the Korean country and people in common. Moreover, these images turned out to be positive and negative images at the same time. As for language, it was found that <sound/hearing impressions> and <sense in common> are typical images on the one hand, while language system, including grammar and vocabulary, was rare on the other hand. In particular, the tendency of holding negative <sound/hearing impressions> toward the Korean language is suggested to be influenced by negative images toward the country and people. It is discussed that the Japanese images toward the Korean country and people are strongly influenced by such factors as familiarity, media, or frequency and experience of contact with Korean people. Besides, the images about the Korean language are considered to be brought by little knowledge, information or study experience.

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