Korean linguistic culture
Speaker & Listener
The language of insight
‘Gesture’
‘wits’
Deep
understanding
Consideration
&
The sky
that looks like it's going to rain soon
Korean
Westerner
(아침굶은 시어머니 얼굴같다)
“It’s like a mother-in-law who was starving in the morning.”
“It's like the last day of Pompeii.”
Closed society
Indirect
expression
Direct expression
Indirect expression
≒ language of insight
<
Direct
expression
I have
a back pain......
Language of insight
Understanding & Consideration