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A study of korean language & culture education through conceptual metaphors : about human relations

  • Korean Semantics
  • 2008, 26(), pp.153-182
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Semantics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

Yu Kyung-Min 1

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ABSTRACT

Communication, culture and language cannot be separated from teaching the foreign language. In order words, the successful communication between different cultures requires not only linguistic fluency but also cultural competence. It may fairly be said that most part of the culture is started and ended with human relations. The concept of a society is made up with the relations between people. Through conceptual metaphors of the human relations, we can understand the culture of the society. Koreans have the following primary concepts on human relations ; Human relations are connected by legs or feet. Human relations are foods. Human relations are fishing. Human relations are machinery and tools for communication. Human relations are physical forces. Human relations are valuable commodities. Human relations are money. Human relations are a patient. Human relations are wars. Human relations are build somethings. We observe that Korean language about human relations is structured roughly by the above complex metaphor. (Korea University of Technology and Education)

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