The Korean Language (Cambridge Language Surveys)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 9, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 466
ISBN-13: 9780521369435
Subjects: Historical & comparative linguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language; General; Korean; Foreign Language Study / General; Foreign Language Study-Korean; Korean language; Korean language Korean language; Language Arts & Disciplines / General; Linguistics
First sentence: Following brief notes on the transcription conventions adopted in this book, this chapter introduces the distribution of the speakers of Korean on the Korean peninsula and throughout the world, the current status of the education of Korean as a foreign language, a brief survey of linguistic studies made thus far, and an overview of the salient typological features of the language.