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Make A Comparison Of The Similarities And Differences Between Sino-Korean Honorific

Posted on:2012-03-23Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J X SongFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155330338953726Subject:Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
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China is a 5,000-year-long history country with the ancient civilization, in the process of cultural development of thousands years, some language systems with their own characteristics had came out .China communicated with other countries in the process of development, and the language communication became the focus. The South Korea, as a nearby country, has exchanged with China for a long time, especially language communication. As the course of the exchange, the two countries had mutual sent staff to each other countries on language learning and research, therefore, foreign persons live in each other countries have also successively increasing, as the current related material, we got that the Chinese live in South Korea has more than 60 million, reached in South Korea foreign population 48% above (Seoul economic news 2010 on December 22).In China's five thousand years of history, China formed aged respected such traditional virtue and the tradition of respect others, and South Korea is also affected. Language system in polite aspects occupy the important position ,and the honorific language as an important part of the language system ,In the culture of influence South Korea in the use of honorific became one of the most affected part . At the same time, honorific also became one carries that Chinese and Korean language reflect their national culture most. On the surface, the Chinese and Korean honorific system of basic meaning is basically the same, it is all expression to their superiors or aged as respect meaning, but there are two different countries indeed and Cultural system has certain differences, as a result of it, there still are some differences between the two honorific language systems. Chinese, Korean honorific involved in all aspects of social life, and reflect people from different perspectives, the accepted norms of behavior, social habits, thinking, and moral standards. This paper attempts to compare the Chinese, Korean honorifics by honorific expressions, condition. Study found that Confucianism is the formation of two languages, the root causes of honorifics, the two languages can be expressed by honorific vocabulary, they are roughly the same in the environment of respect, purpose, principle, but systematic Korean honorific expression are more strict, and the conditions for use of honorifics is more stringent. These findings contribute to a profound understanding of the language between the two countries and differences during the formation of honorific. This will help to improve the Chinese and Korean learners of the learning efficiency, and it play an active role in the further cultural exchanges between China and South Korea, as the same time, it will also promote the cultural exchange and development between the two countries.
Keywords/Search Tags:Chinese, Korean, Honorific, Comparison
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