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Korean: an Essential Grammar

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ISBN-10: 0415383889

ISBN-13: 9780415383882

Edition: 2009

Authors: Young-Key Kim-Renaud

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Book details

Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 6/26/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.17" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Preface List of Abbreviations and Notations Glossary
Introduction Korean and its speakers
Writing system
History
Inventory
Romanization
Pronunciation
The Syllable
Consonants
Vowels
Intonation
Sentence 3
The elements of a simple sentence
Subject
Object
Predicate
Sentence patterns
Basic word order
Words 4
Types of vocabulary
Expanding words
Verbs
Action verbs
Descriptive verbs
Two kinds of 'be'
Making new verbs
Marking time and aspect
Honorification
Subject honorification
Addressee honorification
Reference honorification
Causatives and passives
Nouns, pronouns, classifiers, noun phrases
Proper and common nouns
Pronouns
Numerals and numeral classifiers
Making new nouns
Making noun phrases
Noun compounds
Word order in noun phrases
Case marking
Modifiers
Adverbs
Noun modifiers
Deictics
Mimetic words
Reduplication
Vowel
Negation
Short-form
Long-form
Expanded sentences
Compound sentences
Complex sentences
Casual speech
Linguistic protocol
Choosing the appropriate speech form
Honorific readjustments and politeness strategies
Language, ideology, and society
Glossary of terms with explanations
List of particles, suffixes, and sentential endings
Further reading