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N.Korea: US student cries & admits to being "severe criminal" during press conf.
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<blockquote data-quote="Alpha_Romeo" data-source="post: 933797" data-attributes="member: 6220"><p>^ I think it has more to do with Confucianism than language. Although, Confucianism has left its imprints on languages. For example, honorific speech in Japanese and Korean languages. Honorific forms go way beyond what we call formal speech in western languages. Anyway, although Confucianism is no longer the prevailing philosophy in Asian countries, it is where the concept of not questioning authority figures such as leaders, bosses, age-superiors comes from.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alpha_Romeo, post: 933797, member: 6220"] ^ I think it has more to do with Confucianism than language. Although, Confucianism has left its imprints on languages. For example, honorific speech in Japanese and Korean languages. Honorific forms go way beyond what we call formal speech in western languages. Anyway, although Confucianism is no longer the prevailing philosophy in Asian countries, it is where the concept of not questioning authority figures such as leaders, bosses, age-superiors comes from. [/QUOTE]
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