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About this book
English and Korean in Contrast: A Linguistic Introduction is the first book of its kind to present a comprehensive yet student-friendly comparative review of the grammars of English and Korean. Author Jong-Bok Kim, an internationally-recognized expert, offers rigorous contrastive analyses of all major aspects of English and Korean while addressing common usage errors made by learners of each language.
Designed for both English- and Korean-language classrooms, this unique textbook describes and contrasts the two languages at every level from sound, word, and grammar to figurative language and metaphors. Throughout the text, the author uses an accessible, descriptive-based approach that covers both core and peripheral phenomena of English and Korean.
Offering invaluable insights into the major sources of difficulty or ease in learning the two languages, English and Korean in Contrast: A Linguistic Introduction is the perfect undergraduate resource not only for English-speaking students studying Korean language and linguistics, but also for Korean-speaking students studying English language and linguistics.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Linguistic Differences: Where Do They Come From?
- 2 Sounds and Writing Systems: How to Speak and Write
- 3 Words: Where Every Sentence Begins
- 4 Phrases: Combining Words and Building Larger Expressions
- 5 Grammar Rules: Constructing Sentences
- 6 Tense and Aspect: Describing When and How a Situation Happens
- 7 Auxiliary Systems: Helping Main Verbs
- 8 Passive: Performing an Action or Being Acted Upon
- 9 Interrogative Constructions: Asking a Question
- 10 Relative Clauses: Building Bigger Nominal Expressions
- 11 Topic and Focus: Specifying Given and New Information
- 12 Comparative Constructions: Comparing Two Things or Situations
- 13 Agreement: Harmonizing Together
- 14 Figurative Languages and Metaphors: Those We Live By
- Bibliography
- Index
- End User License Agreement