�ONE COUNTRY, ONE LANGUAGE�?: MAPPING PERCEPTIONS OF DIALECTS IN SOUTH KOREA

Abstract

Perceptual#dialectology#studies#have#shown#that#people#have#strong#opinions#about#the#number#and# placement# of# dialect# regions.#This# study# uses# the# 'draw5a5map'# task# to# examine# perceptions# of# language# variation# in# South# Korea,# where# relatively# little# perceptual# dialectology# research# has# been# conducted.#Respondents# were# asked# to# indicate# on# hand5drawn# maps# where# people# speak# differently# and# provide# names,#examples,#and#comments.#The#map#data#were#aggregated#and#analyzed#with#ArcGIS#10.0#software#and#the#qualitative#data#were#categorized#using#the#'keywords'#method.#An#analysis#of#these#data#suggests#that#South#Koreans'#perceptions#of#dialect#regions#are#not#necessarily#limited#by#administrative#boundaries;# in#fact,#the#data#reveal#not#only#perceptions#of#dialect#variation#unassociated#with#geographic#borders,#but# they# also# tap# into# the# way# people# connect# ideas# about# language# and# place.#Results# from# this# study# have# implications# for# language# attitudes# research,# perceptual# dialectology# methodology,# and# the# relationship# between#language#and#place#in#South#Korea.##

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