The Societal Codification of Korean English

by Alex Baratta

Book Overview

From K-pop to kimchi, Korean culture is becoming increasingly popular on the world stage. This cultural internationalisation is also mirrored linguistically, in the emergence and development of Korean English. Often referred to as 'Konglish', this book describes how the two terms in fact refer to different things and explains how Koreans have made the English language their own.

Arguing that languages are no longer codified and legitimised...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350189081
• ISBN13: 9781350189089
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"