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Informationen zum Autor JONG-BOK KIM is Professor in the Department of English Linguistics and Literature at Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea. His publications include Syntactic Constructions in English, English Syntax: An Introduction, The Syntactic Structure of Korean: A Construction Grammar Perspective, and numerous papers in top-tier domestic and international journals. He is also an Alexander von Humboldt Research Award Winner and a Distinguished Research Fellow of National Research Foundation of Korea. Klappentext English and Korean in Contrast: A Linguistic Introduction is the first book of its kind to present a comprehensive yet student-friendly comparative review of the grammars of English and Korean. Author Jong-Bok Kim, an internationally-recognized expert, offers rigorous contrastive analyses of all major aspects of English and Korean while addressing common usage errors made by learners of each language. Designed for both English- and Korean-language classrooms, this unique textbook describes and contrasts the two languages at every level from sound, word, and grammar to figurative language and metaphors. Throughout the text, the author uses an accessible, descriptive-based approach that covers both core and peripheral phenomena of English and Korean. Offering invaluable insights into the major sources of difficulty or ease in learning the two languages, English and Korean in Contrast: A Linguistic Introduction is the perfect undergraduate resource not only for English-speaking students studying Korean language and linguistics, but also for Korean-speaking students studying English language and linguistics. Zusammenfassung ENGLISH AND KOREAN IN CONTRASTEnglish and Korean in Contrast: A Linguistic Introduction is the first book of its kind to present a comprehensive yet student-friendly comparative review of the grammars of English and Korean. Author Jong-Bok Kim, an internationally-recognized expert, offers rigorous contrastive analyses of all major aspects of English and Korean while addressing common usage errors made by learners of each language.Designed for both English- and Korean-language classrooms, this unique textbook describes and contrasts the two languages at every level from sound, word, and grammar to figurative language and metaphors. Throughout the text, the author uses an accessible, descriptive-based approach that covers both core and peripheral phenomena of English and Korean.Offering invaluable insights into the major sources of difficulty or ease in learning the two languages, English and Korean in Contrast: A Linguistic Introduction is the perfect undergraduate resource not only for English-speaking students studying Korean language and linguistics, but also for Korean-speaking students studying English language and linguistics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xiii Abbreviations xv 1 Linguistic Differences: Where Do They Come From? 1 1.1 Linguistic Differences 1 1.2 Cultural Differences 3 1.3 Why Contrastive Analyses? 5 1.4 What This Book Is About 6 Exercises 7 2 Sounds and Writing Systems: How to Speak and Write 9 2.1 Introduction 9 2.2 English Sound Systems 10 2.2.1 English Consonants 10 2.2.2 English Vowels 12 2.3 Korean Hangul Alphabet and Romanization 13 2.4 Korean Sound Systems 15 2.4.1 Korean Consonants 15 2.4.2 Korean Vowels 17 2.5 Syllable Structures 18 2.5.1 English Syllable Structures 18 2.5.2 Korean Syllable Structures 20 2.6 Suprasegmental Features 21 2.6.1 English Suprasegmental Features 21 2.6.2 Korean Suprasegmental Features 22 2.7 Contrastive Notes 23 2.7.1 Consonants 23 2.7.2 Different Vowel Sets 24 2.7.3 Syllable and Consonant Clusters 24 2.7.4 Stress vs. Nonstress 25 2.8 Concl...
