부모 형제자매 배우자에 대한 호칭의 한일비교

Abstract

This study compared and examined how people address the spouses of their parents' siblings from a sociolinguistic perspective. The subjects of the study were 448 adults in Korea and Japan, and the results are as follows: The intention was to discover the real terms used for addressing the father’s brother, or the brother’s wife. It was found that most of the subjects in Korea addressed their family members using parent terminologies, such as ‘kun(jagun) eomma/eomoni, while in Japan, kinship terminologies, such as ‘obasan/ojisan are most commonly used, while ‘first name＋san/chang and ‘first name＋obasan/ojisanare are also used. In the case of the father’s sister, an older sister’s husband, a mother’s sister, a younger sister’s husband, a mother’s brother, and the brother’s wife, most of the subjects in Korea addressed their family members using kinship terminologies such as ‘komobu’ ‘imobu’ and ‘oesukmo’ etc. However, in Japan, kinship terminologies, such as ‘obasan/ojisan, are most commonly used, while ‘first name＋obasan/ojisan or ‘first name＋san/chang and ‘first name＋obasan/ojisan are also used. However, more males than females in Korea addressed their family members with ‘nim added after the relevant kinship terminology, and more males than females in Japan addressed their family members with ‘san added after their names. This could indicate that males in both Korea and Japan maintain a greater psychological distance with the spouses of their parents' siblings compared to females.