Saffron Korean Linguistics Series II

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About Studies in Korean Morpho-Syntax

This volume contains eight papers that are all dedicated to issues in Korean morpho-syntax from a functional-typological perspective. The contributing authors include Kaoru Horie, Namkil Kim, Stefan Knoob, Sang Whan Seong, Jae Jung Song, Jae-Mog Song, Nam Sun Song and Jaehoon Yeon. The authors analyse Korean data from a cross-linguistic perspective, showing how cross-linguistic generalisations can contribute to an understanding of the structures in individual languages. Cross-linguistic generalisations are significant in understanding individual languages and in gaining insight into the nature of human language. Studies in individual languages and universal grammar should complement each other. The grammar of an individual language serves as direct evidence that provides the basis for universal grammar. Cross-linguistic generalisations make it possible for us to gain insight into the nature of language in general and, in turn, help us discover facts about particular languages.

The authors explore various issues on morpho-syntactic phenomena through a cross-linguistic comparison between not only Korean and Japanese, but also Germanic or other languages. The cross-linguistic comparison appeals to semantic and pragmatic considerations. Since these semantic and pragmatic functions are the basis of comparison, it is inevitable that they play a role in cross-linguistic generalisation.

About the Editor

Dr Jaehoon Yeon is Senior Lecturer in Korean language at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Dr Yeon received his BA and MA in Linguistics at the Seoul National University and his PhD in Linguistics at SOAS. He is the author of Korean Grammatical Constructions: Their Form and Meaning (volume 1 in Saffron Korean Linguistics Series) and co-author of Teach Yourself Korean, Elementary Korean, Continuing Korean, and Integrated Korean: Advanced 1 and 2. He has also published numerous articles on Korean grammar and linguistics.

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About the Contributors

Kaoru Horie
Kokusai Bunka
Tohoku University
Kawauchi, Aoba-ku
Sendai-shi 980-77
Japan

Nam-Kil Kim
Dept. of East Asian Language and Culture
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0375
USA

Stefan Lorenz Knoob
Dept. of Japan and Korea
School of Oriental and African Studies
University of London

Sang-Hwan Seong
School of Oriental Languages (Korean section)
University of Bonn
Nasse str. 2
53113 Bonn
Germany

Jae Jung Song
Linguistics Programme
University of Otago
PO Box 56, Dunedin
New Zealand

Jae-mog Song
Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Osaka University of Economics and Law
6-10 Gakuonji, Yao-shi, Osaka, 581-8511,
Japan

Nam Sun Song
Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Osaka University of Economics and Law
Japan

Jaehoon Yeon
Dept of Japan and Korea
School of Oriental and African Studies
University of London
London WC1H 0XG
United Kingdom

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