Examining the Impact of Subtle Cultural Differences on Rhetorical Variation in EFL Essays
Past research of rhetoric has relied on simple binary comparisons between groups that either do, or do not, possess a cultural trait. While countries like Korea and the UAE may share cultural values such as an acceptance of unequal power relationships ...
Andrew Schenck
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Development of Korean Rare Disease Knowledge Base [PDF]
ObjectivesRare disease research requires a broad range of disease-related information for the discovery of causes of genetic disorders that are maladies caused by abnormalities in genes or chromosomes. A rarity in cases makes it difficult for researchers
Heewon Seo +6 more
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Validity and reliability of the Korean version of the Quality of Recovery-40 questionnaire [PDF]
Background The Quality of Recovery-40 (QoR-40) is a widely-used, self-rated, and self-completed questionnaire for postoperative patients. The questionnaire is intended to elicit information from each patient regarding the quality of recovery during the ...
Jun Ho Lee +4 more
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This article addresses the hitherto neglected topic of the Korean Nominative Object Construction (NOC) within the Cognitive Grammar (CG) framework. In the NOC, schematically illustrated as [N-NOM N-NOM PSYCH-PRED], the second NP behaves like a direct ...
Park Chongwon, Kim Jong-Bok
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Where to go at the end: Polylexicalization and polygrammaticalization of Kaz ‘edge’ in Korean
Nominal lexemes undergo in history extensive development in the lexical as well as grammatical domains. Their semantic change involves diverse threads of conceptualization which shows significant aspects of language development.
Seongha Rhee
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Politeness and impoliteness in social network service communication in Korea
With the technological benefits and challenges computer-mediated communication provides, interactants in social network service (SNS) communication are driven to use language creatively, overcoming the disadvantages and exploiting advantages.
Seongha Rhee
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The unembeddability of imperatives in Korean: Two different types of imperative morphology
This article presents additional data in support of the fact that imperatives cannot be embedded in Korean. It demonstrates that the language employs two different types of imperative morphology: one that occurs in main clauses and the other that occurs ...
Yim Changguk
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Effects of Korean Medicine Treatment on a Patient with Functional Scoliosis with an Abnormal Gait Pattern After Hip Injury: A Case Report [PDF]
Scoliosis is a 3-dimensional spinal deformity defined as lateral curvature of the spine in the coronal plane of more than 10°. This study describes a case of functional scoliosis after hip injury.
Yu-Mi Gi +9 more
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Associations between the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease and dietary and lifestyle behavior among young Korean adults: a preliminary cross-sectional study [PDF]
Objectives Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a clinical condition caused by esophageal tissue damage resulting from the reflux of stomach or duodenal contents.
Soheun Shim +2 more
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