Learning Journal #5

[Devin Chen]

I am interested in the alcohol culture in South Korea, I have seen in variety shows and movies a lot, where the people would constantly drink beer/sake and have fried chicken. I am interested in analyzing why that is. This topic relates to language because there are a lot of cultural norms and rules governing how individuals have to behave, towards similar age groups and elders. Korea has a strict rule on using formal language when referring to elders and this rule is also expressed over the dinner table, with alcohol. For this research, I would need to understand the different ways of using formal language, what words describe elders and the proper etiquette over the dinner table.