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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/118849| Title: | Sonia Ryang, Language and truth in North Korea. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2021. pp. 238. Hb. $80 [Book review] |
| Authors: | Kosciejew, Marc |
| Keywords: | Books -- Reviews Korean language -- Political aspects -- Korea (North) Korean language -- Korea (North) -- Discourse analysis Language policy -- Korea (North) Truthfulness and falsehood -- Korea (North) Kim, Il-sŏng, 1912-1994 |
| Issue Date: | 2024 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Citation: | Kosciejew, M. (2024). Sonia Ryang, Language and truth in North Korea. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2021. pp. 238. Hb. $80 [Book review]. Language in Society, 53(1), 165–168. doi: 10.1017/S0047404523000490 |
| Abstract: | ‘Thanks to the Great Leader’ is a ubiquitous utterance regularly repeated throughout North Korea. Reserved for Kim Il Sung, the recondite country’s revered founder, this official state-sanctioned sobriquet is recited in reference to any positive feature of life; for example, it is ‘thanks to the Great Leader’ that factory production is high, a promotion is conferred, or the flowers are blooming. This exclusive epithet serves the dual function of expressing gratitude to Kim and simultaneously reinforcing North Korea’s version of truth, which posits him as the personification of the nation and representative of good governance. [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/118849 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacMKSLIAS |
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