1. Approaches to Konglish
Korean L2 learners’ unique interlanguage arising from an impoverished knowledge of English
Konglish words will be reserved for lexical entities at the linguistic level, while the term Konglish will be applied to the whole range of Konglish phenomena, including socio-pragmatic aspects of language use.
The extent of the impediment to comprehensibility rather than the issue of “right” and “wrong”

2. Konglish as False Cognates
The overlap between cognate pairs in two languages is not always apparent in orthography, even though meaning and phonology may be shared between the cognates (Grosjean, 1997, p.230) .

3. Loanwords from English in Korean
Loanwords which are fully integrated into the Korean phonological system
테마 /tema/ (theme)
Loanwords which retain more phonological features of L2
싸인 /s’ain/ (sign)
Semantically identical cognates
커피 kopi (coffee) and coffee
Semantically dissimilar cognates
샤프 syapu (mechanical pencil) and sharp

4. Code Switching vs. Borrowing
Code-switching is considered to be “the most available word phenomenon” (Grosjean, 1982, p.151) and not necessarily to result from “dysfluency” (Green, 1986, p.215).
Borrowed forms become part of the matrix language mental lexicon and have their own matrix language lemmas in the matrix language mental lexicon, whereas code-switched forms remain clearly part of the embedded language and do not become part of the matrix language mental lexicon (Myers-Scotton, 1992, p.21).

5. Konglish-English Equivalence Hypothesis
Konglish users perceive Konglish words to be equivalent to English words.
Borrowings from roman-alphabetic languages other than English are perceived as English and deployed in English-language contexts
Korean learners’ Konglish-English equivalence hypothesis may create an abnormal label for the Konglish words as “Konglish=English”
Under the Konglish user’s Konglish-English equivalence hypothesis, Konglish words tagged as “Konglish=English” may receive sufficient activation to reach the threshold first, the L1 lemma may be selected in place of L2 lemma.

6. The Phonological Dimension
Categories of Konglish Phenomena
The Phonological Dimension
L2 phonemic features absent from their native langue, /f/,/v/,/r/,/θ/ and /w/ respectively are replaced by /p/,/b/,/l/,/t/ and /u/, which are closer to Korean phonemes as in /kәpi/ (coffee), /bodka/, (vodka), /lais/ (rice), and /tema/ (theme)
L2 syllable structure may often be modified to fit Korean patterns
트/tį/ 리/ri/ 트 /tį/ 먼/mən/ 트/tį/ for treatment.

7. I fell down on the stairs and my arm was broken yesterday
The Grammatical Dimension
I fell down on the stairs and my arm was broken yesterday
marry with,
discuss about,
mention about,
describe about

8. The Dimension of Lexical Form
Clipping (one word missing)
one piece (one piece dress)
white (white-out; liquid solution, correction tape)
complex (inferiority complex)
one-room (one-room apartment or studio apartment)
after service (after sales service or warranty)
ball pen(ball point pen)
Clipping (part of the word missing)
accel(accelerator)
gang(gangster)
note(notebook)
Contraction from two words
remocon (remote controller)
aircon (air conditioner)
Non-native acronym formation
DC(discount)
BGM (background music)
CF (commercial film)
Blending
leports(leisure + sports)
officetel(office + hotel)

9. The Semantic Dimension
When more than one semantic equivalent exists in the L2, the split-categorization activates
Konglish. For example, a single form 약속 has two equivalents, appointment/plans and
promise, in English.
Expansion (generalization)
burberry coat(trench coat)
coating(laminating)
hip (rear, bottom or buttocks)
Narrowing
sign (signature or autograph)
manicure(nail polish)
glamour(a girl with a sexy figure)
Innovation
edge (fashionable)
booking (an instant blind date)
fighting!(go for it! or hurray!)
magic pen (marker)
meeting(blind date)
one shot (bottoms-up!)
open car (convertible)
skinship(casual contact between lovers)
Pejoration
hostess (a woman who works at an adult bar)
room salon(an adult bar)

10. The Collocational Dimension
For language learners to achieve full control of collocations and
prefabricated items, the associative networks need to be sufficiently
developed in their second language lexicon.
strong drinker (heavy drinker)
sour and sweet (sweet and sour)
East, West, South, North (North, South, East, West)
3 nights 4 days (4 days 3 nights)

11. The Conceptual Dimension (1)
Language shapes the conceptual categories that influence how its speakers’ perceptions
are encoded and stored (Wierzbicka, 1992).
English-speakers narrate an event from their point of view
Where am I ?
I like your dress
Konglish users describe it from a third-person perspective as an observer
Where is here?
Your dress is beautiful
Speaker-orientation
Can I get some water?
Hearer-orientation
Could you bring me some water?
Please bring me some water

12. The Conceptual Dimension (2)
Underlying concepts profoundly affect the meanings attached to linguistic labels. Even in domains where two languages seem to divide the world up conceptually in broadly the same way, linguistic labels are often applied in different places (Swan, 1997).
half-boiled egg vs. soft-boiled egg
Q: Aren’t you hungry?
A: Yes
The respondent’s intention is in accordance with the true value
“I am not hungry”

13. The Metaphorical Dimension
Metaphorical concepts and features are culture-specific (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980).
Certain features specifically emphasized and valued in the given culture affect the process of elaboration of metaphorical expressions (Kövecses, 2002, p.186).
Turtle (snail)
Stone head (air head)

14. The Pragmatic and Discoursal Dimension
“Free” goods (Lakoff, 1974)
marital status and age
“Noticing”, especially lying in compliments in native speakers’ greetings (Hatch, 1984, p.191)
Where are you going?
Did you eat your meal?
Korean L2 learners often believe that the English speaker would not be offended by their “being less polite” or “being direct.

15. The Intercultural Dimension
A lack of cross-cultural awareness may cause Korean learners to rely on Konglish rooted in Korean culture. Culture also determines the meanings perceived by those belonging to the culture (Jandt, 2001).
senior/junior
I’m sorry (for your loss)

16. Thank you