The Korean LanguageThis book describes the structure and history of the Korean language, ranging from its cultural and sociological setting, writing system, and modern dialects, to how Koreans themselves view their language and its role in society. An accessible, comprehensive source of information on the Korean language, Lee and Ramsey's work is an important resource for all those interested in Korean history and culture, offering information not readily available elsewhere in the English-language literature. |
Contents
Korean Writing 13 30 30 | 13 |
Phonology | 61 |
Words and Parts of Speech | 83 |
Phrase Structure | 139 |
Syntax | 197 |
Honorifics and Speech Styles | 224 |
History | 273 |
The Modern Dialects | 307 |
NOTES | 341 |
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adnominal adverb basic century chayk Cheju Chinese characters Cholla completely compounds consonant contrast copula distinctions English example express eykey eyse function grammatical haksayng Hamgyong Hangul orthography honorific system Hunmin chongum hyangch'al Iksop Japanese kkaci kkeyse Korean alphabet Korean honorific Korean language Korean words kugyol Kyongsang letters linguistic Literary Chinese marker meaning Middle Korean Minho Minsu Modern Korean morpheme native noun phrase object exaltation older P'yongan panmal passive person pheme phonemic phonological plain style polite style predicate prefinal ending pronounced pronunciation rean reduplicative reinforced represent Sejong semiformal style Sensayng-nim sentence Seoul Silla Sino-Korean sound South Korea speaker special particles speech style standard language structure subject honorification suffix Suni Swun.i syllable symbols tangsin tayk tense tion transcribed usage verb stem verbs and adjectives vocabulary vowel length writing system written wuli Yale Romanization Yongi 나는