@article{ART002065664},
author={Yonghan Park},
title={A Study on the occurrence motives and Socio-cultural Implications of Military-humor Texts},
journal={The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea},
issn={1226-4822},
year={2015},
volume={23},
number={3},
pages={113-145},
doi={10.14353/sjk.2015.23.3.05}
TY - JOUR
AU - Yonghan Park
TI - A Study on the occurrence motives and Socio-cultural Implications of Military-humor Texts
JO - The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea
PY - 2015
VL - 23
IS - 3
PB - The Sociolinguistic Society Of Korea
SP - 113
EP - 145
SN - 1226-4822
AB - Humor can be the main subject of sociolinguistic research since it indirectly reflects how people, who actually produce and enjoy humor, think about the main issues of their community. The military employs many forms of humor within its organization to relieve tensions in communication. As humor helps people to resolve the anxieties and rigid thoughts and become more flexible, various contents and forms of humor are produced and circulated within the military. With the subject of military-humor text consisting of contents relating to military society, this research looks into the motivation of humors that were produced and enjoyed as a narrative by current and previous military personnels and also the socio-cultural implication reflected in that humor text. Through this research we were able to verify various traits of the military using linguistical approaches. While military-humor texts do indirectly disclose the negative aspects of society, protects one's self-confidence and resolves repressed desires, it is also produced and enjoyed by a number of people simply for entertainment. These military-humor texts also include socio-cultural implications such as double perceptions towards military service, rank-orientedness, authoritarianism, de-individuation, isolationism, formalism, and thinking rigidity. I hope the results of this research is found useful in analyzing the socio-cultural characteristics of the military.
KW - humor;military-humor text;military society;rank;communication
DO - 10.14353/sjk.2015.23.3.05
ER -
Yonghan Park. (2015). A Study on the occurrence motives and Socio-cultural Implications of Military-humor Texts. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, 23(3), 113-145.
Yonghan Park. 2015, "A Study on the occurrence motives and Socio-cultural Implications of Military-humor Texts", The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, vol.23, no.3 pp.113-145. Available from: doi:10.14353/sjk.2015.23.3.05
Yonghan Park "A Study on the occurrence motives and Socio-cultural Implications of Military-humor Texts" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 23.3 pp.113-145 (2015) : 113.
Yonghan Park. A Study on the occurrence motives and Socio-cultural Implications of Military-humor Texts. 2015; 23(3), 113-145. Available from: doi:10.14353/sjk.2015.23.3.05
Yonghan Park. "A Study on the occurrence motives and Socio-cultural Implications of Military-humor Texts" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 23, no.3 (2015) : 113-145.doi: 10.14353/sjk.2015.23.3.05
Yonghan Park. A Study on the occurrence motives and Socio-cultural Implications of Military-humor Texts. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, 23(3), 113-145. doi: 10.14353/sjk.2015.23.3.05
Yonghan Park. A Study on the occurrence motives and Socio-cultural Implications of Military-humor Texts. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea. 2015; 23(3) 113-145. doi: 10.14353/sjk.2015.23.3.05
Yonghan Park. A Study on the occurrence motives and Socio-cultural Implications of Military-humor Texts. 2015; 23(3), 113-145. Available from: doi:10.14353/sjk.2015.23.3.05
Yonghan Park. "A Study on the occurrence motives and Socio-cultural Implications of Military-humor Texts" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 23, no.3 (2015) : 113-145.doi: 10.14353/sjk.2015.23.3.05
