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Jieun Kiaer, Myungho Cha, Hark-Joon Lee - North Korean Defectors’ Languages, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2027

North Korean Defectors’ Languages

Divergence, Convergence, and the Future of Global Korean

Av Jieun Kiaer, Myungho Cha, Hark-Joon Lee

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Linking linguistic analysis with diaspora theory, this book offers a full-length English language study of North Korean defectors’ languages, documenting how they diverge from, and converge with, South Korean usage in vocabulary, pragmatics, and language attitudes.Since the Korean War and the division of the peninsula over seventy years ago, the languages of North and South Korea have evolved along sharply different socio economic, cultural, and political paths. South Korean language has been reshaped by globalization and Hallyu, while North Korean speech has developed under conditions of isolation, ideology, and distinctive cultural practice. Drawing on 100 in-depth interviews and survey data collected in South Korea and New Malden, UK, home to Europe’s largest North Korean defector community, this book examines the lived realities of linguistic change across migration, settlement, and everyday interaction. It shows how defectors adapt to South Korean linguistic norms, how they encounter stigma and prejudice through speech, and how their children develop new repertoires in diaspora.A valuable resource for scholars and academics seeking fresh insights into sociolinguistics, Korean studies, and diaspora studies.
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Jieun Kiaer is the Young Bin Min-KF Professor of Korean Linguistics at the University of Oxford, UK, where she has pioneered the field of Korean linguistics in the English-speaking world. She has published widely on Korean language, pragmatics, and translation, including Translingual Words (2019) and The Language of Hallyu: More than Polite (2023). Her work bridges linguistics, culture, and popular media.Myungho Cha is a Professor of Counselling Psychology at the Graduate School of Pyeongtaek University, South Korea. His research specialises in the lived experiences of North Korean defectors, combining psychology and language to explore how trauma, adaptation, and resilience shape communication in new cultural contexts. He has conducted extensive interviews with defectors in South Korea and beyond, offering insights into how migration transforms both language practices and personal identity.Hark-Joon Lee is a Korea Fellow at the Oxford Character Project, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford. He is an investigative journalist, filmmaker, and media scholar whose work has brought international attention to the lives of North Korean defectors. His acclaimed documentary Crossing Heaven’s Border was broadcast worldwide and translated into multiple languages.

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