Tlus study mvestlgates the utterable genderlect found m the Korean language used m Yeonbeon area, Cluna It IS regrettable that we find hardly any work on t1us gender-preferentlal language m Yeonbeon Korean when the researches on the subJect of language and gender overtlow m forelgn hterature Ana1ysmg the men' s and women’s genderlect appeanng m the novels wntten by women wnters m Yeonbyeon, I wJ!1 speClfy the hngUlstlcs features of those genderlect on thræ chmenslOns, phonology, grammar, and glossary

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