{"product_id":"korean-an-essential-grammar-9780415383882","title":"Korean An Essential Grammar","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKorean: An Essential Grammar \u003c\/em\u003eis a concise and convenient guide to the basic grammatical structure of standard Korean. Presenting a fresh and accessible description of the language, this engaging \u003cem\u003eGrammar\u003c\/em\u003e uses clear, jargon-free explanations and sets out the complexities of Korean in short, readable sections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey features include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eclear explanations of grammatical terms\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003efrequent use of authentic examples\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe Korean alphabet used alongside McCune-Reischauer romanization system\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ea full glossary of explanations.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I think the book serves considerably more than a pedagogical function, and will be a valued descriptive and data resource for anyone who is curious about how this language is organized. It also will be a source of inspiration for graduate students in linguistics, who increasingly are pursuing projects on the structural aspects of Korean... I think this is a fine, careful contribution to the scholarship on Korean, from both linguistic and pedagogical perspectives, and I expect it to rank among the most influential, most accessible English-language expositions on Korean.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Gregory K. Iverson, University of Maryland; The Journal of Asian Studies; Volume 69\/3, August 2010\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'I am writing to thank you for \"Korean - An Essential Grammar\", Routledge, 2009. I had the great fortune to discover it two weeks ago and even at first glance it was clear I had found a small treasure. Since then I have been using every spare moment to fly through it, as though it were a thriller novel. Because it has been thrilling. The clarity and precision of your writing combined with skillful treatment of meanings, historical perspectives, and sufficient examples (thanks for the English-grammar instruction too!) have made this book into a 'page-turner' for me - right through to the last word.\u003cbr\u003eI am not a linguist, nor likely ever to be one. But if anything can bring home the excitement of understanding the structure of a language, it is this beautiful primer of yours. It will remain in close reach as a reference.'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Don Lacy, Customer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface List of Abbreviations and Notations Glossary 0. Introduction Korean and its speakers 1. Writing system 2.1. History 2.2. Inventory 2.3. Romanization 2. Pronunciation 2.1. The Syllable 2.2. Consonants 2.3. Vowels 2.4. Intonation 3. Sentence 3.1. The elements of a simple sentence 3.1.1. Subject 3.1.2. Object 3.1.2. Predicate 3.2. Sentence patterns 3.3. Basic word order 4. Words 4.1. Types of vocabulary 4.2. Expanding words 5. Verbs 5.1. Action verbs 5.2. Descriptive verbs 5.3. Two kinds of ‘be’ 5.4. Making new verbs 5.5. Marking time and aspect 5.6. Honorification 5.6.1. Subject honorification 5.6.2. Addressee honorification 5.6.3. Reference honorification 5.7. Causatives and passives 6. Nouns, pronouns, classifiers, noun phrases 6.1. Proper and common nouns 6.2. Pronouns 6.3. Numerals and numeral classifiers 6.3. Making new nouns 6.4. Making noun phrases 6.5. Noun compounds 6.6. Word order in noun phrases 6.7. Case marking 7. Modifiers 7.1 Adverbs 7.2 Noun modifiers 7.3 Deictics 8. Mimetic words 8.1. Reduplication 8.2. Vowel 9. Negation 9.1. Short-form 9.2. Long-form 10. Expanded sentences 10.1. Compound sentences 10.2. Complex sentences 11. Casual speech 12. Linguistic protocol 12.1. Choosing the appropriate speech form 12.2. Honorific readjustments and politeness strategies 12.3. Language, ideology, and society Glossary of terms with explanations List of particles, suffixes, and sentential endings Further reading\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018140352855,"sku":"9780415383882","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415383882.jpg?v=1750775766","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/korean-an-essential-grammar-9780415383882","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}