Abstract
Song describes heuristic theories to define language modes of English and Korean, which include the theory of different cultural dimension, such as individualistic and collective culture (e.g., code switching; high- vs. low-context communication style; strategic politeness vs. discernment politeness). English language uses strategic speech mode, which emphasizes an independent, self-controlling selection in speech acts. By contrast, Korean language employs formulaic speech mode, which utilizes the highly conventional and prescribed language system. Song classifies formulaic mode as a linguistic mode of hierarchical society (e.g., Korean culture) and strategic mode as that of individualized society (e.g., American culture). Based on these pragma-linguistic distinctions of Korean and English, Song argues that Korean speakers learning English switch their speech mode from the formulaic mode to the strategic mode.
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Song, S. (2018). Comparision of English Language Mode and Korean Language Mode. In: Second Language Acquisition as a Mode-Switching Process. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52436-2_6
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