Korean speech styles and Finnish terms of address from the perspective of KFL learners

Abstract Korean speech styles ( hapsyo-chey and hayyo-chey in particular) are compared with Finnish terms of address from the perspective KFL learners, focusing on three variables, namely “power”, “distance”, “imposition” Brown Levinson, 1987 ). The comparison is based Peterson (2010) , which current study replicates. data were collected during a Discourse Completion Task: seventy-eight native speakers provided seven scenarios depicting everyday situations. results underpin common belief that most style society. On pedagogical level, therefore, it should be considered unmarked, meaning no explication such as “informal polite” required. However, introduced may mixed but also norm exclusively used some restricted formal writing contexts. Other explained similar manner classroom.