Korean Wave in World Englishes : The Linguistic Impact of Korea's Popular Culture

This book examines the linguistic impact of the Korean Wave on World Englishes, demonstrating that the K-Wave is not only a phenomenon of popular culture, but also language. The "Korean Wave" is a neologism that was coined during the 1990s that includes K-pop, K-dramas, K-film, K-food, and K-beauty, and in recent years it has peaked in global popularity. This book intends to show how social media phenomena have facilitated the growth of Korea’s cultural influence globally and enabled a number of Korean origin words to settle in varieties of Englishes. This in turn has globalised Korean origin words and revolutionised the English language through an active and collaborative process of lexical migration. Korean origin words such as __oppa__ (older brother) are no longer bound solely to Korean-speaking contexts. The study focuses primarily on media content, particularly social media, corroborated by case studies to examine how linguistic innovation has been engendered by the Korean Wave. Suitable for students and researchers of Korean linguistics, Korean culture, Korean popular culture, and translation studies, this book is the first detailed study of the global linguistic impact of the Korean Wave. Cover Endorsement Page Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgements A Note on Korean Romanisation Chapter 1 Introduction Twenty-Six Korean Words in the Oxford English Dictionary Birth of Hallyu Words – Translingual Words Chapter 2 Translation: The Real K-Drama? Korean-English Translation Troubles Translating the “Untranslatable” “Manufactured Cuteness”: Translating Aegyo Actual Brother or Boyfriend? The Kinship Question Squid Game’s Subtitle Shambles? Fan Translators at the Core of K-Pop Conclusion Chapter 3 “Gomawo Pretty Unnie Saranghae!” Note on Korean Romanisation International Fandom and Korean Language Collide Categorising the Fandom Lexicon Words of Korean Origin in General Usage The Global Oppa Other Korean Words Korean Terms from the Korean K-Pop Fandom Internet Vernacular and Fandom Culture K-Pop Fandom Vernacular Conclusion Chapter 4 Korean Food Words: Chimaek, Mukbang, and Beyond Korean Food Words in the OED New Korean Food Words Sound Footage and the Influence of K-Dramas and K-Film Romanisation of Korean Food Words Conclusion Chapter 5 “Where Clean Nature and Healthy Beauty Coexist Happily” The Mythology of K-Beauty: The Junction of Nature and Science Pure Ingredients from Jeju Island: Innisfree Beauty Influencers Influencing Language K-Beauty Glossaries: Deciphering the Lexicon Essences, Ampoules, and Serums: Unfamiliar Englishes Koreanised Englishes Translating Beauty Conclusion Chapter 6 Discussion Bibliography Index "This book examines the linguistic impact of the Korean Wave on World Englishes, demonstrating that the K-Wave is not only a phenomenon of popular culture, but also language. The 'Korean Wave' is a neologism that was coined during the 1990s which includes K-pop, K-dramas, K-film, K-food, and K-beauty, and in recent years, it has peaked in global popularity. The book intends to show how social media phenomena has facilitated the growth of Korea's cultural influence globally and has enabled a number of Korean origin words to settle in varieties of Englishes, which in turn has globalised Korean origin words and revolutionised the English language through an active and collaborative process of lexical migration. Korean origin words such as oppa 'older brother', are no longer bound solely to Korean-speaking contexts. The study focuses primarily on media content, particularly social media, corroborated by case studies to examine how linguistic innovation has been engendered by the Korean Wave. Suitable for students and researchers of Korean linguistics, Korean culture, Korean popular culture and translation studies, this book is the first detailed study of the global linguistic impact of the Korean Wave"-- Provided by publisher