Overview
Background
Narah Lee is a Lecturer in Korean at the School of Languages and Cultures. She received her PhD in Linguistics from the Australian National University. Her research lies at the intersection of pragmatics, discourse analysis, and sociolinguistics, with particular interest in Korean honorifics, speech styles, and intercultural pragmatics. Her work contributes to understanding how language reflects and negotiates social relationships in Korean and cross-cultural settings.
Availability
- Dr Narah Lee is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, Sogang University
- Bachelor, Sogang University
- Masters (Research), Sogang University
- Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University
Research interests
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Politeness in Korean linguistics
Age as a driving force of referential choice; Subject expression/omission in terms of showing respect/distance
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Person reference
Extensive use of kinship terms in Korean; Comparative study of kinship terms in Chinese, Japanese and Korean
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Pragmatics
Implicature; Politeness; Speech act
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Discourse analysis
Interpersonal interaction in the socio-cultural context of spoken Korean
Works
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2018
Conference Publication
Age as a driving force in referential choices for first and second person in spoken Korean
Lee, Narah (2018). Age as a driving force in referential choices for first and second person in spoken Korean. 2018 Annual Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, Adelaide, Australia, 9-12 December 2018.
2015
Conference Publication
A contrastive study of second person reference terms in Korean and Japanese
Lee, Narah and Yonezawa, Yoko (2015). A contrastive study of second person reference terms in Korean and Japanese. In: 9th Korean Studies Association in Australasia (KSAA) Biennial Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, (). 25 - 27 November 2015.
2015
Conference Publication
On the characteristics of personal reference terms in Korean: a comparison with Japanese based on TV dramas
Lee, Duck-Young, Og, Naomi, Lee, Narah and Yonezawa, Yoko (2015). On the characteristics of personal reference terms in Korean: a comparison with Japanese based on TV dramas. Korean Studies Association of Australasia Biennial Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 25-27 November 2015. Adelaide, SA, Australia: Korean Studies Association of Australasia.
2014
Journal Article
A reconsideration of the omission of first and second person subjects in modern spoken Korean: Focusing on the pragmatic meanings of the overt subject expressions
이나라, (2014). A reconsideration of the omission of first and second person subjects in modern spoken Korean: Focusing on the pragmatic meanings of the overt subject expressions. Discourse and Cognition, 21 (3), 145-164. doi: 10.15718/discog.2014.21.3.145
2012
Journal Article
Pragmatic inferences of some hybrid words: An experimental pragmatic analysis
Lee, Narah (2012). Pragmatic inferences of some hybrid words: An experimental pragmatic analysis. Journal of Language Sciences, 19 (1), 319-349.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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The perception and realisation of (im)politeness in Korean
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Person referencing in discourse as an interpersonal strategy
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Critical analysis of English textbooks used in North Korea
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Isaac Lee
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Doctor Philosophy
Critical analysis of English textbooks in Indonesia: Centring cultural and Environmental issues
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Isaac Lee
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