Lee, Yong-joo

Culture & Pragmatics

in ‘Friends’

Kim, Eun-aKim, Min-jungChoi, Ji-won

Season 4 - Episode 16

S t o r yS t o r y

Rachel holds a fake party

but actually it is for Joshua

for Loss and his girl friend,

who she has a crush on

P r a g m a t i c s

Implicature, relevance and turnover signals

Culture - Touching

P r a g m a t i c s

Truthfulness and implicature

1 Americans

Having dress code

Bㆍ Yㆍ O

Should be on time

Culture - Party

Having parties

quite often

2 Koreans

No dress code

Very rarely

Having party

Host prepares

everything

Should be there

in advance

P r a g m a t i c s

Implicature and Truthfulness

Culture - Kissing

1 Americans

Openness

2 K o r e a

男女七歲不同席

Closeness

婚前純潔

Season 4 - Episode 18

S t o r yS t o r y

Rachel goes to Joshua's house

She is wearing only underwear,

on her second date with him.

when she meets his parents

for the first time by accident.

P r a g m a t i c s

Channel open/close signals and implicature

1 Americans

Culture - Date

Taking home

is normal

2 Koreans

Taking girlfriends home

especially for marriage

Leaving home

when parents arein home

Asking parents

to leave home

P r a g m a t i c s

Implicature, ellipsis, channel open and truthfulness

S i m i l a r i t y

Culture – Meeting parents

Role play – culture differences

Joshua

Parents

Rachel

Taking girlfriends or boyfriends to home

Having dinner with their parents together

Shaking hands or bowing

Saying politely to their parents

P r a g m a t i c s

Turnover signals and ellipsis

Thank YouLee, Yong-joo

Kim, Eun-A

Kim, Min-jung

Choi, Ji-won

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