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The Handbook of Korean Linguistics

Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
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The Handbook of Korean Linguistics offers comprehensive, state-of-the-art overviews of linguistic research on the Korean language. It covers a range of theoretical perspectives addressing linguistic phenomena, including chapters on Old and Middle Korean, language policies in North and South Korea, social aspects of Korean as a heritage language, and honorifics. This makes it a unique and indispensable resource for both Korean linguistics and cross-linguistic studies.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book is ideal for students, scholars, and researchers of Korean linguistics as well as those interested in comparative and cross-linguistic research within the field of linguistics.

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The Handbook of Korean Linguistics presents state-of-the-art overviews of the linguistic research on the Korean language.

Structured to allow a range of theoretical perspectives in addressing linguistic phenomena.

Includes chapters on Old Korean and Middle Korean, present-day language policies in North and South Korea, social aspects of Korean as a heritage language, and honorifics.

An indispensable and unique resource not only for those studying Korean linguistics but also for cross-linguistic research in general.

Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics

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Praised for its breadth and depth, The Handbook of Korean Linguistics is celebrated as a comprehensive, readable guide featuring contributions from leading scholars. It breaks new ground in topics such as linguistic politeness, language acquisition, and linguistic anthropology, offering an unprecedented primer on Korean language structure alongside general linguistic theory.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119016878

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 January 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Contributors:

  • Edited by Lucien Brown
  • Edited by Jaehoon Yeon

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 241.0mm

Weight: 794g

Pages: 528

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About the Author

Lucien Brown is Senior Lecturer of Korean Studies at the Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. His research interests include socio-pragmatics and politeness, as well as second language acquisition. He is the author of Korean Honorifics and Politeness in Language Learning (2011) and the co-author of Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar (with J. Yeon, 2011).

Jaehoon Yeon is Professor of Korean Language and Linguistics at SOAS, University of London, UK. His research areas include functional-typological linguistics, Korean morpho-syntax, and grammatical constructions. He is the author of Korean Grammatical Constructions: Their Form and Meaning (2003), Get Started in Korean (2013), and co-author of Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar (with L. Brown, 2011).

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