Categorized, exaggerated and premised verbal signs tend to be used the most in daily sports news and international sports event news. The 3 main broadcasting stations show a similar tendency.
The exaggerated verbal signs related to military, victory or commercialism are deepened the most in pro-sports news about soccer, basketball, baseball and golf game. The categorized verbal signs related to the nationalism are deepened in Japan related news, and Military-categorized verbal signs are used very frequently in various types. Sports tends to be interpreted as a form of war not as a competition in good faith. The contents or results of a game are characterized as terms like soldier, battlefield, weapon, military operation, confrontation and illegal action etc.
As for the commerce-categorized verbal sign, the level of type or frequency is low, but such an expression appears that means `victory in sports is nothing but money`. Depending on the result of a game, the verbal expression becomes extremely different ; in case of victory, brilliant expressions are predominant, athletes highly praised ; in case of defeat, negative expressions are overwhelming, athletes or team extremely criticized.
As for the nationalism-categorized verbal sign, a lot of Japan-related colonial, ideological expressions were selected. Native Korean verbal sign is used mostly for athletes` nickname. Dialect or provincial accent is also selected, though not so many.