Abstract
This paper contains an analysis of small corpora of spoken Korean English – a burgeoning New English that is rarely discussed in published articles. With a theoretical framework based on Hoey's (2005) Theory of Lexical Priming, the lexical environment surrounding the items a, an and the in two Korean corpora (one comprising Korean English speakers in Liverpool, England, and the other, speakers in Seoul, Korea) are compared with two British comparator corpora. The results show a balance of differences and similarities between the Korean corpora, and this may suggest that, while Korean English is distinct from British varieties, recent priming effects and the L1 are interacting in complex ways that give each corpus a unique identity.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-28 |
| Journal | Corpora |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 20 Apr 2005 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- Lexical Priming, Korean English, Konglish, Hoey, World Englishes