Abstract This study investigates the South Korean perception of “native” speaker of English (NSE), namely won-eo-min and ne-i-ti-beu in Korean, with an examination of the use of such terms in the news and social media. To do this, the study examined news topics covered in the South Korean news media including newspapers and television news channels that mention or discuss these terms. Secondly, words used along with these two terms in social media forums such as Twitter or weblogs were examined. In order to realise this, two major data mining programs called the BIGKinds program (Korea Press Foundation, Big Kinds: News Big Data & Analysis, https://www.kinds.or.kr/; accessed 14 May 2018) and the Social Metrics program (Daumsoft, Social metricsTM, http://academy.some.co.kr/login.html; accessed 1 May 2018) were employed. This study shows that the concept of the “native” speaker in the forms of won-eo-min and ne-i-ti-beu is deeply manifested in the minds of South Koreans, especially when talking about the pronunciation of “native” speakers as the model of “correct” pronunciation of English. Such perceptions need to be critically revisited in an era where English is the most common medium of communication in the global community.

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通过大数据分析，韩国对社交和新闻媒体中英语“母语”人士的看法

摘要 本研究调查了韩国人对“母语”英语 (NSE) 的看法，即韩语中的 won-eo-min 和 ne-i-ti-beu，并检查了这些术语在新闻和社交媒体中的使用情况。媒体。为此，该研究调查了韩国新闻媒体（包括提及或讨论这些术语的报纸和电视新闻频道）所涵盖的新闻主题。其次，研究了在社交媒体论坛（例如 Twitter 或网络博客）中与这两个术语一起使用的词。为了实现这一点，两个主要的数据挖掘程序称为 BIGKinds 程序（Korea Press Foundation，Big Kinds：News Big Data & Analysis，https://www.kinds.or.kr/；2018 年 5 月 14 日访问）和 Social采用了指标程序（Daumsoft，Social metricsTM，http://academy.some.co.kr/login.html；2018 年 5 月 1 日访问）。本研究表明，won-eo-min 和 ne-i-ti-beu 形式的“母语”概念在韩国人的脑海中得到了深刻体现，尤其是在谈论“母语”发音时作为英语“正确”发音的典范。在英语是全球社区最常见的交流媒介的时代，需要批判性地重新审视这种看法。