Korean - A Linguistic Introduction

A lively and fascinating introduction to the sound, structure, and history of Korean.

List of contents

1. Introduction; Part I. Background: 2. Historical background; 3. Writing system; Part II. Language Structure: 4. Phonology and phonetics; 5. Morphology; 6. Morphosyntax: case, grammatical relations and nominalization; 7. Syntax; 8. Syntax-semantics interface; Part III. Language in Context: 9. Language and society; 10. Language and gender.

About the author

Sungdai Cho is Professor of Korean Linguistics and Director of the Center for Korean Studies at the State University of New York, Binghamton. He is internationally renowned in Korean linguistics and its pedagogy, including his main research interest in Syntax, Morphology, Learning Motivation and Testing.John Whitman is professor and current chair of the Department of Linguistics at Cornell University, New York. He has published extensively on Chinese, Japanese, and Korean – their history, relations, and structure. His theoretical foci are syntax and historical linguistics.

Summary

The 'Korean wave' in music and film and Korea's rise as an economic power have boosted the popularity of Korean language study worldwide. This book provides an up-to-date introduction to the sound, structure, and history of Korean, with examples in Korean hangul script for students at any level of study, from undergraduate to advanced.

Product details

• Authors: Sungdai Cho, Sungdai (State University of New York Cho, Cho Sungdai, John Whitman, John (Cornell University Whitman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780521514859
• ISBN: 978-0-521-51485-9
• No. of pages: 316
• Subjects: Education and learning > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Korean, East & Southeast Asian languages, East and Southeast Asian languages