“Mind your own esteemed business”: Sarcastic honorifics use and impoliteness in Korean TV dramas

• Published in: Journal of politeness research : language, behaviour, culture Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 159 - 186
• Main Author: Brown, Lucien
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin De Gruyter Mouton 01.06.2013; Walter de Gruyter GmbH
• Subjects: Honorifics; impoliteness; Irony; Korean; Politeness; Pragmatics; sarcasm; Stereotypes; Television; TV dramas

Honorifics have traditionally been analyzed as markers of “deference” and have been connected with positive values such as “respect”, “dignity” and “elegance”. However, in this paper, I demonstrate that these readings only apply to normative and stereotypical patterns of honorifics use. When applied...