| Sumario: | The article offers information on the semantic derogation of terms for women in Korean, with parallel developments in Japanese and Chinese. This research explores two kinds of semantic changes in terms for women in Korean, along with developments in Japanese and Chinese, and evaluates the underlying mechanisms that cause this linguistic changes. This study shows that besides sexist attitudes, other different motivations can be essential for the semantic derogation of terms for women. It also mentions that in an effort to be polite, some speakers have adopted positive female terms to address women of lower occupational standing.
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