@article{ART003189259},
author={Migyeong Kim and Yang, Myunghee},
title={Variations of exclamations “eung” and “eo” in messenger conversations – On KakaoTalk and speakers in their 20s},
journal={The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea},
issn={1226-4822},
year={2025},
volume={33},
number={1},
pages={145-170}
TY - JOUR
AU - Migyeong Kim
AU - Yang, Myunghee
TI - Variations of exclamations “eung” and “eo” in messenger conversations – On KakaoTalk and speakers in their 20s
JO - The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea
PY - 2025
VL - 33
IS - 1
PB - The Sociolinguistic Society Of Korea
SP - 145
EP - 170
SN - 1226-4822
AB - This study analyzes the use of variations of the response expressions “eung” and “eo” in messenger KakaoTalk. KakaoTalk conversation data are obtained from speakers in their 20s from March 2022 to November 2024 and the variations are reviewed based on gender, follow-up utterances, and pragmatic function via logistic regression analysis. The analysis result shows that, the variations are more diverse in messenger conversations than in actual spoken words and that men are more likely to use {eung}, particularly type “ㅇㅇ”. Additionally, different usage rates of {eung} and {eo} are indicated for different pragmatic functions; in particular, {eung} is more frequently used in reasking and emphasizing self-speech, whereas {eo} is more frequently used in hesitating and withholding answers. Additionally, women use variants more often than men, and in the absence of follow-up utterances, variations are more likely to be used than basic types. This study expands our understanding on how languages differ from spoken languages in digital environments by revealing the relationship among variations in response expressions, gender, follow-up utterances, and pragmatic functions in messenger conversations.
KW - KakaoTalk;“eung” and “eo”;variations of language;logistic regression analysis
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Migyeong Kim and Yang, Myunghee. (2025). Variations of exclamations “eung” and “eo” in messenger conversations – On KakaoTalk and speakers in their 20s. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, 33(1), 145-170.
Migyeong Kim and Yang, Myunghee. 2025, "Variations of exclamations “eung” and “eo” in messenger conversations – On KakaoTalk and speakers in their 20s", The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, vol.33, no.1 pp.145-170.
Migyeong Kim, Yang, Myunghee "Variations of exclamations “eung” and “eo” in messenger conversations – On KakaoTalk and speakers in their 20s" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 33.1 pp.145-170 (2025) : 145.
Migyeong Kim, Yang, Myunghee. Variations of exclamations “eung” and “eo” in messenger conversations – On KakaoTalk and speakers in their 20s. 2025; 33(1), 145-170.
Migyeong Kim and Yang, Myunghee. "Variations of exclamations “eung” and “eo” in messenger conversations – On KakaoTalk and speakers in their 20s" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 33, no.1 (2025) : 145-170.
Migyeong Kim; Yang, Myunghee. Variations of exclamations “eung” and “eo” in messenger conversations – On KakaoTalk and speakers in their 20s. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, 33(1), 145-170.
Migyeong Kim; Yang, Myunghee. Variations of exclamations “eung” and “eo” in messenger conversations – On KakaoTalk and speakers in their 20s. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea. 2025; 33(1) 145-170.
Migyeong Kim, Yang, Myunghee. Variations of exclamations “eung” and “eo” in messenger conversations – On KakaoTalk and speakers in their 20s. 2025; 33(1), 145-170.
Migyeong Kim and Yang, Myunghee. "Variations of exclamations “eung” and “eo” in messenger conversations – On KakaoTalk and speakers in their 20s" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 33, no.1 (2025) : 145-170.
