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| black man | Jun 4 2018, 10:46:44 AM Post #1 |
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Contents of a topic I originally posted some longer period of time ago. (The topic title was different, though.) I didn't re-read the complete text. So feel free to correct me... Yee Jaeyeol 2000: The Social Networks of Koreans p.326
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p.330: generations and sexes were traditionally more distant than today This could be an interesting development in case that Koreans become pickier but maintain the quantity of their interpersonal relationships. It could be from extreme conformism to a very high degree of individuality. However, among
p.348
^ Apparently, there are people born to be high-ranking (those who are genetically inclined to have less emotional needs) and those who are not. Reminds me what was written about Napoleon's decision for career instead of private life. pp. 348-349: groups tend to be organised among people of the same sex, same age and same region of origin. But there are frequent contacts beyond class boundaries. world values survey South Korea 2005, n=1200 http://www.wvsevsdb.com/wvs/WVSAnalizeQuestion.jsp Family or individual vs society? - for this percentage of the sample it's very important to make their parents "proud": 269/1200=22,4% -- of these 101/269=37,5% trust in "most people" -- of these 166=61,7% "can't be too careful" -- of these 52/269=19,3% care less about friends - for this percentage of the sample it's moderately important to make their parents "proud": 601/1200=50,1% -- of these 156/601=26,0% trust in "most people" -- of these 437/601=72,7% "can't be too careful" -- of these 125/601=20,8% care less about friends - for this percentage of the sample it's definitely less important to make their parents "proud": 305/1200=25,4% -- of these 72/305=23,6% trust in "most people" -- of these 232/305=76,1% "can't be too careful" --- of these 87/232=37,5% don't try to do what their friends expect them to do -- of these 120/305=39,3% care less about their friends as well - for this percentage of the sample it's definitely unimportant to make their parents "proud": 25/1200=2,1% -- of these 7/25=28,0% trust in "most people" -- of these 18=72% "can't be too careful" --- of these individuals 9 stick to the expectations of their friends and 9 don't. -- of these 11/25=44% care less about their friends as well - all in all, there are (109+11+8+3)/1200=10,9% who neither approach their parents nor their friends in the ways above mentioned => (166+437)/1200=50,3% of the sample are quasi-clannish (live for the pride of their parents plus distrust society). Peers vs parents? - for this percentage of the sample it's very important to do what what friends expect them to do: 175/1200=14,6% -- of these 54/175=30,9% trust in "most people" -- of these 119/175=68,0% "can't be too careful" -- of these 137/175=78,3% care about the pride of their parents, too - for this percentage of the sample it's moderately important to do what what friends expect them to do: 717/1200=59,8% -- of these 202/717=28,2% trust in "most people" -- of these 511/717=71,3% "can't be too careful" -- of these 555/717=77,4% care about the pride of their parents, too - for this percentage of the sample it's definitely less important to do what what friends expect them to do: 290/1200=24,2% -- of these 77/290=26,6% trust in "most people" -- of these 209/290=72,1% "can't be too careful" -- of these 174/290=60,0% care about the pride of their parents - for this percentage of the sample it's definitely unimportant to do what what friends expect them to do: 18/1200=1,5% -- of these 3/18=16,7% trust in "most people" -- of these 15/18=83,3% "can't be too careful" -- of these 3/18=16,7% care about the pride of their parents => in Korea friends seem to strengthen intra-familial ties like in Han Chinese => hardcore individualism is rare, and seems to correlate with perceived risk => Koreans appear to prefer a large social network; i.e., people who care about their parents will also care about their friends and vice versa |
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| Ebizur | Jun 4 2018, 12:30:40 PM Post #2 |
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This should be 연줄 yeonjul, which is a noun-noun compound consisting of 緣 (a Chinese word for "an edge, a brink, a fringe, a rim (of an object, such as a cup); a cause, a reason; a predestined relationship or coincidence by which people or things come together, that element of fate that is imagined to be the reason for e.g. two lovers having met each other") plus Korean 줄 jul ("a string, a line, a cord, a rope; a line, a row, a queue; a line (in geometry, etc.); a (social) connection; a line, a verse (of text); a stripe; a string (of a musical instrument); a range of age (usually a decade, e.g. "one's thirties," "one's forties," etc.)"). Yeonjul is currently used in essentially the same way as Japanese コネ kone (< English "connection" in the sense of "having connections (in high places), a social connection") or Mandarin Chinese 关系 guānxì. There is also a Sino-Korean synonym, 연맥 yeonmaek (緣脈), that is used much less frequently. |
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| black man | Jun 7 2018, 07:13:31 PM Post #3 |
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Thanks, Ebizur. I might check whether that could be a separate topic later on. Btw, the updated version of the browser software I currently use doesn't display certain fonts. But one cannot alter this like before. Is there any browser software you can recommend? |
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