A corpus-based study of green discourse in the South Korean press in comparison with the US press

Minhee Bang (방민희); Seoin Shin (신서인)

A corpus-based study of green discourse in the South Korean press in comparison with the US press

The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea
Abbr : 사회언어학
2012, 20(1), pp.79-110
Publisher : The Sociolinguistic Society Of Korea
Research Area : Humanities > Linguistics

Minhee Bang ¹, Seoin Shin ²

¹상명대학교
²한림대학교

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ABSTRACT

This paper analyses corpora of South Korean and US newspapers to investigate the representation of environmental issues. The analysis focuses on the frequency and collocation of 녹색(noksaek: green) denoting environmental- friendliness. As a corpus-based study, the analysis aims to show how environmental issues are construed in the use of noksaek through collocational patterns and the context in which it occurs. The English word green is analysed for comparison as the English translation equivalent of noksaek. 그린(grin: green), a phonetic translation of green is also included in the analysis. The most characteristic of the green discourse in the South Korean press is expressed in 성장(seongjang: growth), the top collocate of noksaek. The construal of environmental issues as a matter of economic growth is a distinctively Korean approach, contrasting with the ways the issues are talked about in the US press. The use of grin(green) in the South Korean press shows that grin(green) is mainly used in the commercial sector and often to mask an un-green aspect of an entity modified by the word. (172 words)

KEYWORDS

녹색(noksaek: green), 그린(grin: green), green, corpora, collocates, frequency, newspapers, South Korea, US, environmental discourse

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