한국 사람이 독일어를 할 때 자주 호칭을 쓰지 않는 실수의 원인

Abstract

When speaking German Koreans can be caught quite frequently calling someone only by his family name without using any kind of title or form of address. In this paper is argued that the cause for such kind of mistake derives from the fact that in Korean the titles and other forms of address come behind the name and not before like in German. That makes the Koreans think first of someone's family name and then comes a certain form of address or title. The Koreans are so used to that order, that it takes them a lot of concentration to change that order when speaking German. But in suituations when they are under stress or pressure they may make a slip of the tongue and speak the family name first. Even if they would then realize their mistake immediately, they could not correct themselves easily, because once the family name is spoken a title or another form of address can no longer be added. The only way to prevent such a kind of mistake, seems to lie in more concentrated practice on addressing people. The practice should go almost so far that the students get the impression that titles and forms of address are initially more inportant than the name itself. Therefore, the basic thing to keep in mind for students of the German language is to be first of all concerned about someone's title or proper form of address and then take the time to recall his name.