The Roles Konglish Plays in the Korean American Community
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This thesis explores the roles Konglish plays in Korean Americans’ lives. The roles
investigated are the emotional, social, hierarchical, and daily-life roles. The emotional role of how
Korean Americans use Konglish in situations when they experience a strong emotion. The social
role of how Konglish brings together Korean Americans into one community. The hierarchical
role of how Korean hierarchical terms are used within English sentences to show respect towards
one. And lastly, Korean Americans use Konglish in their everyday lives which is why it is called
the daily-life role. This thesis also looks into the definition of Konglish and introduces a bit of the
history of Korean Americans, the importance of English loanwords in Korean, and the hierarchy
in Korean. Data was collected from Korean Americans through three different methods: a survey,
group observations, and individual interviews. By focusing on the connection between Konglish
and Korean Americans in this thesis, it shows how just Korean or just English alone is not enough
for Korean Americans to express themselves and their stories.