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If you look closely at the word “Uri,” you can see how Koreans understand themselves and their relationships with other beings.
Have you ever heard of the Korean word “Uri(우리)”?
If you look closely at the word “Uri,” you can see how Koreans understand themselves and their relationships with other beings. Moreover, the “Uri-self” allows us to chunk the world differently. Three Korean directives (“Uri-this,” “Uri-that,” and “off-Uri-that”) produce various nuanced meanings by chunking the world differently depending on how the “Uri” relationship is applied, dynamically adjusting how you chunk yourself and others depending on the situation.
This article is from the online course:
Introduction to Korean Philosophy
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