본문 바로가기
  • Home

The Public Perception of the Language Discriminating the Handicapped and Linguistic Consideration for Those People

  • The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea
  • Abbr : 사회언어학
  • 2009, 17(2), pp.137-155
  • Publisher : The Sociolinguistic Society Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Linguistics

임영철 1 윤사연 1

1중앙대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This paper examines the public perception of the language discriminating the disabled/handicapped and the state of linguistic consideration of the media for those people in Korean society. The investigation reveals following facts; most of all, able-bodied people declined to recognize any internal injury as disability or handicap. Secondly, in spite of all the terms prescribed or recommended to refer to those handicapped people, discriminatory language is still frequently used. The public is using undesirable expressions even when they are well aware of the wrong to use them and agree to purify the language as well as to elevate their linguistic consideration for the handicapped. While the media is making various efforts to refine those discriminatory language, the internet service providers or users are far less concerned in linguistic consideration for the handicapped. From the analysis, it is strongly suggested that we should be more concerned and try harder to refine the handicapped-related language.

Citation status

* References for papers published after 2023 are currently being built.