Cultural Embodiment of Fear Expressions in Korean and Its Implications for L2 Context = Cultural Embodiment of Fear Expressions in Korean and Its Implications for L2 Context

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The use of language both L1 and L2 needs to be investigated from the perspective of cultural linguistics in order to gain a better understanding how language is culturally conceptualized. This study aims to give some insights into the role of cultural conceptualizations by examining the cultural embodiment of fear expressions in Korean. This study argues that the conceptualization of fear in Korean is culturally embodied in two different types. First, the fear expressions in Korean show supposedly physiological embodiment, where the fear expression portraits a body part which is thought to be physiologically influenced by the emotion. Second, the fear expressions in Korean also show culturally specific embodiment, where the fear expression provides schematic profile of a part of body assumed to be affected by fear but the level is basically rooted in culture. The practical implications of cultural embodiment of emotion will be suggested for cross-cultural communication and L2 teaching and learning. (Kongju National University)