The Korean language / Ho-min Sohn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sohn, Ho-min.

Contributor:

Window to Korea Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Cambridge language surveys

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korean language.

Penn Provenance:

Taehan Min'guk Kukhoe Tosŏgwan (donor)

Physical Description:

xx, 445 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Seoul] : Korea University Press, 2013.

Summary:

"This book provides a detailed survey of the Korean language, covering its speakers, genetic affiliation, historical development, dialects, lexicon, writing systems, sound patterns, word structure, and grammatical structure. It is designed to be accessible to a wide readership, and provides a wealth of data in a format that does not presuppose an in-depth knowledge of the latest linguistic theories. It will be used by general linguists and Korean linguists who are interested in the typological characteristics of the language from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives, and by undergraduates and graduate students in those disciplines who seek a comprehensive introduction to the linguistics of Korean. Likewise, advanced students of the Korean language and language educators will find it offers valuable insights into lexical, phonological, morphological, and syntactic aspects of the language for their purposes."--Publisher description.

Contents:

Introduction

Genetic affiliation

Historical development

Dialects

Lexicon

Writing systems

Sound patterns

Word structure

Grammatical structure.

Notes:

"Originally published by Cambridge University Press in 1999"--T.p. verso.

Errata slip inserted.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [419]-439) and index.

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries by the National Assembly Library of the Republic of Korea.

ISBN:

9788976418289

897641828X

OCLC:

875590437