The Korean Language

Iksop Lee, S. Robert Ramsey (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

388 Seiten

2001
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-0-7914-4832-8 (ISBN)

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An accessible, comprehensive source of information on the Korean language--its structure and history to its cultural and sociological setting.

This 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.

Iksop Lee is Professor of Korean Language and Linguistics at Seoul National University and former Director of the Korean National Language Research Center. He has written numerous books on Korean linguistics, including Kugoáhak kaesoál (An Introduction to Korean Linguistics) and Kugoá p'yogipoáp yoán'gu (A Study on Korean Orthography). S. Robert Ramsey is Professor of East Asian Linguistics at the University of Maryland. His books include Accent and Morphology in Korean Dialects and The Languages of China.

(Abridged)

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Korean Writing

3. Phonology

4. Words and Parts of Speech

5. Phrase Structure

6. Syntax

7. Honorifics and Speech Styles

8. History

9. The Modern Dialects

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Reihe/Serie	SUNY series in Korean Studies
Zusatzinfo	Total Illustrations: 0
Verlagsort	Albany, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	472 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7914-4832-0 / 0791448320
ISBN-13	978-0-7914-4832-8 / 9780791448328
Zustand	Neuware