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Basic Koreanby Andrew Sangpil Byon
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 42.95Presenting twenty five individual grammar points in lively and realistic contexts, this clearly presented and user-friendly text is an accessible reference grammar with related exercises in one, easy to follow volume. more...
A History of Korean Literatureby Peter H. Lee
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 50.00This is a comprehensive narrative history of Korean literature. Combining both history and criticism, the study reflects the latest scholarship and offers a systematic account of the development of all genres. This is a major contribution which will stand for many years as the primary resource for studying Korean literature. more...
The Korean Language Structure, Use And Contextby Jae Jung Song
Taylor & Francis 2005; US$ 44.95Provides a general description of the Korean language by highlighting structural aspects. This book examines the Korean language in its geographical, historical, social and cultural context and covers topics such as the language's genetic affiliation, historical development, sound patterns, writing systems, vocabulary, grammar and discourse. more...
Using Koreanby Miho Choo; Hye-Young Kwak
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 33.00A guide to Korean vocabulary and grammar for post-beginners. more...
Intermediate Koreanby Andrew Byon
Taylor & Francis 2009; US$ 42.95Presents twenty-four individual grammar points, covering the core material which students encounter in their second year of learning Korean. This workbook provides grammar points followed by examples and exercises which allow students to reinforce and consolidate their learning. It is suitable for both class use as well as independent study. more...
Intermediate College Koreanby Clare You
University of California Press 2001; US$ 35.95This companion volume to College Korean (California, 1992) enables students to continue their development of Korean language skills and to enrich their understanding of Korea. Because language is a fundamental component of culture, the text incorporates themes relating to Korea's cultural customs and social issues, presented in the form of dialogues, anecdotes, short essays, and poems. Also included are themes tied to the country's physical geography, including major cities, islands, and historical sites. Each lesson consists of a situation dialogue, core vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, grammar, and exercises on reading and listening comprehension. The vocabulary uses adult-level words from the media and professional worlds and ranges... more...
Dirty Koreanby Haewon Geebi Baek
Ulysses Press 2010; US$ 10.00GET D!RTY Next time you're traveling or just chattin' in Korean with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school, including: Cool slang Funny insults Explicit sex terms Raw swear words Dirty Korean teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of Korea: What's up? Wasseo? Holy shit, I'm trashed. Ssibal, na manchiwi. I gotta piss. Na swi ssayahae. Who farted? Bangu nuga ggyeosseo? Wanna try doggy-style? Dwichigi haeboja? That bitch is crazy! Heo nyeon michin nyeoniya! I could really go for some Korean BBQ. Na cheolpangui meokgospieo. more...
Korean Honorifics and Politeness in Second Language Learningby Lucien Brown
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2011; US$ 149.00This book investigates the ways that advanced speakers of Korean as a second language perceive, use and learn the complexities of the Korean honorifics system. Despite their advanced proficiency in Korean, the study shows that the honorifics use of these speakers diverges in crucial ways from native speaker norms. It is argued that, rather than reflecting the language competence of these speakers as such, this usage is linked to questions of the identity of ?language learners? and ?foreigners? in Korean society. In addition, it shows the influence of conflicting ideologies regarding the ?meaning? of ?politeness?. This argument is backed up by rich data collected through mixed methods (discourse completion tests, role-plays, natural interactions,... more...
Crisis of Gender and the Nation in Korean Literature and Cinemaby Kelly Jeong
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2010; US$ 49.99This book is about the changing constructs of modernity, masculinity, and gender relations and discourses in Korean literature and cinema during the crucial decades of the colonial and postcolonial era, from the 1920s to the 1960s, which have an enduring and wide-ranging impact on Korea's cultural experiences of the past century. more...
Koreanby Suk-Jin Chang
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1996; US$ 165.00Spoken by nearly 70 million people not only within the Korean Peninsula but also in five continents, Korean is one of a dozen major languages of the world. Yet outside Korea it is not as much studied as it should be, nor has it acquired commensurate international recognition. With its difficult sound system, rich word formation patterns, and complex sentence structures, Korean is one of the most challenging to learn as a foreign language, yet there is little that is written in English about Korean. This book eminently fills this gap. The author presents Korean in a lucid and readable manner covering topics from scripts to sounds, from words to sentences, and from discourse to text analysis. It is therefore both comprehensive and concise. It... more...









