Prof. Peterson and two of his best students -- Prof. Derek and Bitty -- look at learning Korean. They talked of how difficult Korean is to learn, but Derek and Bitty have learned through a very natural process. They talked about levels of speech, from informal to polite -- Korean has more than 6 levels, but Japanese has only 2. In Korean, "Could I have a glass of water?" Can be translated in several ways.
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00:00:00 - The Complexities of Korean Speech Levels
00:01:30 - A Natural Approach to Language Learning
00:03:15 - Challenges in Informal and Polite Korean
00:04:45 - The Linguistic Puzzle of Defining Speech Levels
00:06:20 - Korean vs. Japanese: Levels of Speech Comparison
00:07:40 - Contextual Nuances in Accurate Translation
00:08:50 - Linguists' Struggle with Speech Level Definitions
00:09:40 - Beyond Politeness: Intimacy and Social Context
15 июн 2024