I was born and raised in Korea, Seoul which is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. Oppositely, my parents were born in country side. My mom was born and raised Gyung Sang area till she got married. My mom and all of her family speak gyung sang region dialect. My dad was born and raised jealla area till he got married so my dad and his all family speak jealla region dialect. These two region dialects have pretty different accents. I speak the standard Korean because I born and raised Seoul. Also, since my mom and dad speaks different dialects, I am able to speak my parents’ directs consciously. As I grow up, I realized that people in these two area have different characteristics in society. That is related to dialect and social prejudice, accent and social position, dialect and group identity, and dialect and culture. Thesis statement
Even if these two regions are in the same country, they have different taste food such as kim chee in their traditional ways. The dialect indicates the group identity and culture. Therefore, some people assume the characteristic about certain regional group who use certain dialects. Therefore, in this paper, I am going to exam the dialect variation and different social influence with my experience.
Dialects and social prejudice
Even if I use my dialect with my parents and friends, I do not use my dialects in formal places consciously such as job interview, blind date, or presentation, I only use standard Korean because I concern that it make people think about me not smart or professional.
WOLFRAM, W. (2013). Challenging Language Prejudice in the Classroom. Education Digest, 79(1), 27-30. Certain dialects and methods of speaking have regional, social, and ethnic associations which can lead to certain attitudes about a region or social group. While other forms of inequality, prejudice, and discrimination have become more widely recognized and exposed in recent decades, language prejudice is