The Korean Language: Structure, Use and Context

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Routledge, 2006 - 208 páginas

Suitable for students of all levels, this book provides a general description of the Korean language by highlighting important structural aspects whilst keeping technical details to a minimum. By examining the Korean language in its geographical, historical, social and cultural context the reader is able to gain a good understanding of its speakers and the environment in which it is used. The book covers a range of topics on Korean including its genetic affiliation, historical development, sound patterns, writing systems, vocabulary, grammar and discourse.

The text is designed to be accessible, primarily to English-speaking learners of Korean and scholars working in disciplines other than linguistics, as well as serving as a useful introduction for general linguists. The book complements Korean language textbooks used in the classroom and will be welcomed not only by readers with a wider interest in Korean studies, but also by Asian specialists in general.

 

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1 KOREA
1
2 SOUNDS AND THEIR PATTERNS
22
3 WRITING SYSTEMS
45
4 WORDS AND FIXEDEXPRESSIONS
67
5 SENTENCES AND THEIRSTRUCTURE
98
6 BEYOND SENTENCES
143
7 NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA
163
REFERENCES AND FURTHERREADING
177
INDEX
182
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Jae Jung Song teaches linguistics at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He has contributed to international journals including Lingua, Linguistics and Oceanic Linguistics. He is the author of Causatives and Causation (1996) and Linguistic Typology: Morphology and Syntax (2001).

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