Winter Research Program 2021

Project duration:

5 Weeks.

COVID-19 considerations:  The project can be completed under a remote working arrangement but with occasional face to face meetings by arrangement.  

Description:

Politeness has been a popular topic in linguistics, and many studies have noted the significance of socio-cultural backgrounds in its understanding while others seek to find a universal politeness theory. This project will explore the politeness strategies linguistically implemented in Korean, e.g. how Korean speakers express (im)politeness using or deliberately not using particular expressions or grammatical structure. By analysing spoken corpora, we focus on the pragmatic use of grammatical items in the expression of (im)politeness and examine the effects of interactional aspects of spoken discourse.   

Expected outcomes and deliverables:

Scholars participating in this project will gain research skills in discourse analysis including data collection and transcription. Scholars will also have an opportunity to learn relevant theories and concepts in pragmatics and discourse analysis so they can develop their own research topics based on the knowledge gained from this project.

Number of hours per week: 

20 hours

Suitable for:

This project is open to applications from the students with native or near native level proficiency in Korean and an interest in linguistics and socio-cultural understanding of language.

Number of participants required: 

1

Primary Supervisor:

Dr Narah Lee

Further info: 

Please contact Dr Narah Lee via email to discuss the project prior to submitting your application.