A History of the Korean Language

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Cambridge University Press, 03.03.2011
A History of the Korean Language is the first book on the subject ever published in English. It traces the origin, formation, and various historical stages through which the language has passed, from Old Korean through to the present day. Each chapter begins with an account of the historical and cultural background. A comprehensive list of the literature of each period is then provided and the textual record described, along with the script or scripts used to write it. Finally, each stage of the language is analyzed, offering new details supplementing what is known about its phonology, morphology, syntax, and lexicon. The extraordinary alphabetic materials of the 15th and 16th centuries are given special attention, and are used to shed light on earlier, pre-alphabetic periods.
 

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Introduction
1
1 Origins
13
2 The formation of Korean
31
3 Old Korean
50
4 Early Middle Korean
77
5 Late Middle Korean
100
6 Early Modern Korean
241
7 Contemporary Korean
287
Additional readings on selected topics
306
References
316
Index
320
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Ki-Moon Lee is Professor Emeritus at Seoul National University.

S. Robert Ramsey is Professor and Chair in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Maryland, College Park.

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