A Linguistic Image of Womanhood in South Korea

by Jieun Kiaer and Jiyoung Shin

A Linguistic Image of Womanhood in South Korea examines the verbal and non-verbal techniques used by contemporary South Korean women to navigate their society.

South Korea is extremely hierarchical, and this is expressed through a complex array of different politeness levels in words, gestures, and behaviours. These hierarchies were formed over 500 years ago with the introduction of Neo-Confucianism from China, but patriarchal and paternalistic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032053739
• ISBN13: 9781032053738
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"