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A study of variation and change in the use of {ne} and {je} in dramas from the 1990s and 2010s

  • The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea
  • Abbr : 사회언어학
  • 2024, 32(4), pp.123-147
  • Publisher : The Sociolinguistic Society Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Linguistics
  • Received : November 10, 2024
  • Accepted : December 6, 2024
  • Published : December 31, 2024

janggyojin 1 Shin, Jiyoung 1

1고려대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study examined the differences in the use of {ne} and {je} in Korean dramas from the 1990s and 2010s in terms of gender and discourse situations. The research focuses on how male and female characters use {ne} and {je} differently in public and private contexts for each era, and how these patterns have changed over time. The findings are summarized as follows. First, in the 1990s, men primarily used {je} in public settings and alternated between {ne} and {je} in private contexts, indicating a context-dependent usage pattern. Women, on the other hand, mainly used {je} in both public and private situations, but {ye} appeared more frequently in public settings, showing that women also adjusted their usage according to the context. Second, in the 2010s, men used both {ne} and {je} regardless of the discourse context, while women predominantly used {ne} across contexts. Third, compared to the 1990s, the use of {ne} in public situations increased for both men and women in the 2010s, indicating a notable change, while no change was observed in private settings.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.