간행물
사회언어학 KCI 등재 The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea
- 발행기관 한국사회언어학회
- 자료유형 학술지
- 간기 계간
- ISSN 1226-4822 (Print)
- 수록기간 1993 ~ 2025
- 주제분류 인문학 > 언어학 인문학 분류의 다른 간행물
- 십진분류KDC 701DDC 410
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제33권 제4호 (2025년 12월) 14건
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2025.12
구독 인증기관 무료, 개인회원 유료
This study explores gentrification beyond physical displacement and examines it as a new dimension of linguistic and informational inequality. Focusing on Seosulla-gil in Seoul, it compares the amount and accessibility of information in offline (storefront signs) and online (Instagram posts) linguistic landscapes. In the offline sphere, policy restrictions on signboard size have reduced information beyond store names, turning informational absence into aesthetic symbolism. Conversely, online platforms provide extensive contextual information— brand stories, philosophies, and community activities—creating an informational gap between the two spheres. However, this expansion presupposes digital access and excludes groups that lack digital literacy from fully engaging with such information. To mitigate this exclusion, this study proposes two complementary guarantees: the guarantee of digital accessibility, emphasizing institutional responsibility for digital literacy education, and the guarantee of informational accessibility, encouraging shop owners’ voluntary information disclosure and language policies based on the right to access information. Together, these dual guarantees suggest that the exclusion and marginalization caused by gentrification can be transformed into the restoration of publicity and inclusivity.
9,200원
2.
2025.12
구독 인증기관 무료, 개인회원 유료
This study examines how Large Language Models (LLMs) recognize and refuse unethical directive speech acts by analyzing their responses to indirect and evasive user requests. Based on the Cross-Cultural Speech Act Realization Project (CCSARP), directive prompts were constructed by varying degrees of indirectness to evaluate the models’ pragmatic inference abilities. The study was conducted in two stages. First, a high rate of information leakage was observed for indirect directives using ChatGPT-4o (February 2025 version). Second, newer models—GPT-5, Claude Sonnet 3.7 and 4, and Gemini 2.5 Flash—were tested across four categories of unethical directives through multiturn dialogues. Logistic regression with Benjamini–Hochberg FDR correction revealed that although newer models displayed improved refusal performance overall, they remained vulnerable to highly indirect and non-conventional directives, particularly those related to discrimination and harmful behaviors. These results suggest that current AI safety systems rely heavily on surface-level keyword filtering, indicating the need for models to better learn diverse directive strategies and expressions in Korean. Moving beyond technology-centered safety evaluation, this study experimentally analyzes AI pragmatic response mechanisms and proposes directions for fostering ethical communication in future human–AI interactions.
8,700원
3.
2025.12
구독 인증기관 무료, 개인회원 유료
This study investigates the language attitudes of English-track international students at a Korean university operating under an English-medium instruction (EMI) system. Survey data from 195 students were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively to assess attitudes toward English (L2) and Korean (L3) across cognitive, affective, and behavioral domains. The finding shows that the students regarded both languages as important, but attributed different functional roles to each: English operated as academic symbolic capital, whereas Korean was essential for daily life. English consistently received high scores across all domains, whereas Korean showed a marked discrepancy between strong cognitive recognition and lower affective and behavioral attitudes. Furthermore, attitudes toward Korean declined with longer residence (p < .01), likely reflecting limited institutional support, discontinuities in Korean language education, and broader tensions arising from conflicting language policies. These results suggest that EMI programs should incorporate plurilingual pedagogical approaches that support the flexible and integrated use of students' linguistic resources.
6,300원
4.
2025.12
구독 인증기관 무료, 개인회원 유료
This study investigates the framing patterns and content of news coverage surrounding the construction of the Islamic mosque in Daehyeon-dong, Buk-gu, Daegu. A total of 433 articles containing the keywords “Daegu” and “Islam” were collected from Naver News between 2021 and 2024 and coded according to the frames proposed by Bowe and Makki (2016). Subsequently, a corpus linguistic analysis was conducted for each frame to examine the keywords, collocations, and framing devices quantitatively and qualitatively. The findings revealed that, in the early stages of the event, the major frames appeared relatively balanced; however, over time, the reporting became fragmented, emphasizing either conflict or condemnation of hate. Furthermore, the distribution of keywords and collocations within each frame demonstrated that the same lexical items served different semantic roles depending on the frame. The use of framing devices also enabled a more detailed observation of how frames were constructed at the textual level. This study is significant in that it adopts an interdisciplinary approach combining framing analysis and corpus linguistics to provide a multidimensional understanding of how real social conflicts in multicultural contexts are constructed within news discourse.
8,000원
5.
2025.12
구독 인증기관 무료, 개인회원 유료
This study investigates representations of motherhood in Korean language textbooks for female marriage immigrants, focusing on The Exciting Korean Language and The Accurate Korean Language, which are widely used in multicultural family centers. Drawing on Sadker and Sadker’s (2003) framework of “Stereotyping” and “Imbalance and selectivity“, this study analyzed illustrations and texts. Findings revealed that mothers were consistently depicted as the primary agents of childcare, education, and household management, with such topics concentrated in dialogues between female characters. Additionally, textual portrayals emphasize devotion and self-sacrifice, whereas marriage-migrant mothers are often depicted as dependent, unlike Korean mothers. The study highlights the need for future textbook development to address learner needs within their structural contexts and include more diverse and non-traditional representations of motherhood (e.g., scenes that emphasize experience-sharing and mutual support among mothers from minority backgrounds.
8,000원
6.
2025.12
구독 인증기관 무료, 개인회원 유료
This study examines the perception and utilization of grammatical terminology among international students in non-language majors and empirically investigates its impact on grammar learning. To this end, a mixed-method approach was employed, combining a questionnaire, a modified Forced-Choice Grammaticality Judgment Test (FC-GJT), and semi-structured interviews. The results revealed that learners perceive grammatical terminology as “difficult yet necessary linguistic tools”. Furthermore, they actively use these terms during self-directed learning by organizing notes, conducting online searches, translating them into their first language, and using AI-based tools. However, the FC-GJT results showed no statistically significant differences in scores or confidence levels between the tests with and without grammatical explanations—positive perceptions of terminology do not necessarily translate into improved grammatical performance. These findings imply that while grammatical terminology can facilitate learners’ rule awareness and explicit knowledge formation, its effect on actual performance is limited. This study recommends reconsidering the role, presentation, and pedagogical use of grammatical terminology as a learning tool in Korean grammar instruction.
8,700원
7.
2025.12
구독 인증기관 무료, 개인회원 유료
This paper examines the pedagogical application of Linguistic Landscape in Korean as a Heritage Language (KHL) education. Although previous research affirms that the linguistic landscape enhances learners’ awareness of real-world language use, promotes cultural understanding, and motivates learners through authentic engagement with the target language in their local community, it remains underutilized in the Korean language classrooms. Adopting a project-based learning (PBL) approach, this paper presents a linguistic landscape project conducted by Korean heritage learners in a KHL class at a state university in the United States and discusses how the project fostered their language awareness and understanding of the Korean diaspora. The paper outlines how the project was implemented, examines learners’ observations of the linguistic landscape in the local Koreatown, and analyzes their self-reflections. The results suggest that learners recognize translanguaging between Korean and English, understand the distinct functions of each language, and identify the marketing strategies informing language choices. The project also encouraged learners to reflect on their own identities as Korean Americans, their local Korean American communities, and, more broadly, the Korean diaspora in the United States.
6,900원
8.
2025.12
구독 인증기관 무료, 개인회원 유료
This study examines linguistic variation in Korean spoken by the first generation of Korean immigrants to the United States (1903–1924), a group that marked the beginning of Korean-American history. While some studies have explored the language of contemporary Korean Americans, limited prior research has addressed the Korean language of these early immigrants. Around 1975, second-generation Korean American Sonia Shinn Sunoo conducted a large-scale oral history project, interviewing early Korean immigrants. Among the collected recordings, more than 40 participants used Korean for their interviews. Despite their historical and linguistic value, these recordings do not appear to have been used for linguistic research. Analysis reveals that early immigrants’ Korean reflects the regional dialects of early twentieth-century Korea and extensive English lexical borrowing. Rather than showing large-scale lexical changes influenced by Japanese in Korea during the same period, their speech demonstrates a strong English influence. This study highlights the sociolinguistic and historical significance of the early Korean immigrants' language use and calls for further scholarly attention to this valuable linguistic heritage.
9,300원
9.
2025.12
구독 인증기관 무료, 개인회원 유료
This study examines the semantic shift and sociolinguistic implications of the neologism “young forty,” which has become widely used as of 2025. Initially introduced as a marketing term in 2015, the expression has evolved into a derogatory label used to mock individuals in their forties, with its usage frequency surging sharply in 2025. This study confirms that “young forty” is frequently used as a term rooted in hostility caused by political differences. As fundamental alternatives to address this issue, this study proposes strengthening intergenerational communication and actively using Korean honourifics within online communities.
6,700원
10.
2025.12
구독 인증기관 무료, 개인회원 유료
The study thus provides an empirical and theoretical foundation for future standardization of inter-Korean biological nomenclature and cognitively oriented lexical integration. This study investigates the naming patterns of fish nomenclature in South and North Korea through the lens of onomasiological word-formation theory. An analysis of 395 fish species sharing identical Latin names was conducted to examine the bidirectional process of conceptualization and lexicalization, focusing on the combinatory principles between the onomasiological base (X) and mark (Y). Consequently, 68% (n = 270) of the data exhibited conceptual convergence, indicating shared cognitive categorization across the two speech communities. However, systematic variation emerged in lexicalization: 27% (n = 74) of the cases displayed complete correspondence, 26% (n = 69) partial discrepancy, and 47% (n = 127) full divergence. The most frequent structural pattern was <Quality + Substance>—the perceptual attributes of fish constitute primary conceptual foci in both linguistic systems. Overall, these results indicate that although the South and North Korean lexicons have originated from a common cognitive foundation, they have developed distinct expressive norms and naming strategies. Thus, this study provides an empirical and theoretical basis for future standardization of inter-Korean biological nomenclature and cognitively oriented lexical integration.
8,300원
11.
2025.12
구독 인증기관 무료, 개인회원 유료
This study examines how the categories Guknaepa (domestically educated) and Haewaepa (those who studied/lived abroad) are discursively constructed and negotiated among English teachers in South Korea. Employing language ideology–informed qualitative discourse analysis, the study analyzed 292 threads consisting of initial posts and responses from an online community of pre- and in-service public-school English teachers. The results demonstrate that the Guknaepa–Haewaepa boundary is fluid and relational yet often mirrors the familiar NEST–NNEST hierarchy. Teachers who self-identify as Guknaepa frequently expressed linguistic insecurity but also legitimized professional authority by foregrounding pedagogical and metalinguistic strengths and a moralized discourse of diligence. The nationally standardized Teacher Employment Examination functions as an institutional mechanism that converts effort into recognized professional legitimacy, reframing Guknaepa as a marker of fairness and meritocratic achievement rather than deficiency. Boundary work shifts across contexts, intersecting with local ideologies of English, market evaluations of competence, and classroom demands within public schools. This study extends (N)NEST scholarship by illuminating intra-NNEST differentiation and the linguistic, affective, institutional interplays that sustain and reconfigure hierarchies. Although limited to online discourse data, the analysis underscores the need for more nuanced, intersectional accounts of teacher identity amid increasingly transnational and diverse professional trajectories.
7,800원
12.
2025.12
구독 인증기관 무료, 개인회원 유료
This study examines the ideological dynamics surrounding South Korea’s 2019 Bilingual Special Zone policy, a short-lived initiative to promote Korean–Chinese bilingual education in selected Seoul districts. It is guided by a single research questions: What underlying ideologies can be identified in the discourses surrounding the 2019 Bilingual Special Zone policy in South Korea? Drawing on a corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis of policy documents and newspaper articles, this study employs text-mining to identify salient lexical patterns and recurrent framings and applies critical discourse analysis to interpret how these linguistic choices construct particular understandings of language, identity, and security. The findings reveal that while governmental texts frames bilingual education as an instrument of globalization and urban competitiveness media and residents’ discourses often invoked nationalist and securitization ideologies, portraying Chinese language education and Chaoxianzu communities as potential threats. Thus, the policy’s eventual withdrawal is understood as an administrative failure and the outcome of these ideological struggles. By foregrounding how public reactions are shaped by broader linguistic and geopolitical hierarchies, this study contributes to critical language policy scholarship and offers insights for designing more participatory and context-sensitive multilingual policies.
6,600원
13.
2025.12
구독 인증기관 무료, 개인회원 유료
This study investigates the pragmatic functions of ETC(Existential There Construction)s in Part 1 of Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty. Through a detailed corpus-based analysis of 85 existential there sentences, the research categorizes their uses into Negation/Absence, Quantification/Qualification, new information introduction, and other functions. The results reveal that Negation/Absence (29.4%) + Quantification/Qualification (20.0%) together comprise 49.4%—nearly equal to new information introduction (45.9%), underscoring these functions as central to the construction’s role in the text. This challenges the traditional view of existential there as merely introducing new entities and highlights its nuanced role in literary discourse to emphasize presence, and thematic elements. These findings enhance understanding of how ETCs contribute to meaning-making and information structure in English narratives, particularly within canonical literary texts.
5,500원
14.
2025.12
구독 인증기관 무료, 개인회원 유료
This study investigates cataphora in Swahili with a particular emphasis on its socio-pragmatic functions. As can be observed in many other languages, anaphoric references tend to be in more frequent use than cataphoric ones seemingly in view of the fact that anaphoric references designate a word stated in an earlier utterance or sentence. Put it another way, anaphoric reference can be defined as the repetitive arrangement of a word in a linear sequence. This study aims to explore a rather neglected, but significant research topic and inquire into some plausible language-specific factors and motivational aspects that lead to the intermittent occurrence of intra-/inter-sentential cataphora. The structural particularities of internal arrangement and socio-pragmatic functions of cataphora are minutely examined by being based on naturally occurring utterances and those drawn from SNSs. This study aims at being implemental in having a multi-facetted understanding of why speakers use a forward-referring linguistic device and of how language-specific particularities induce speakers to rely on cataphora for anticipatory, emphatic and effective communications.
5,500원
