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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)

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