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Cambridge Handbook of Korean Linguistics
The Korean wave in music and film
The ''Korean wave'' in music and film and Korea's rise to become the twelfth economic power in the world have boosted the world-wide popularity of Korean language study.
The linguistic study of Korean
The linguistic study of Korean, with its rich syntactic and phonological structure, complex writing system, and unique socio-historical context, is now a rapidly growing research area.
Contributions from experts
Contributions from internationally renowned experts on the language provide a state-of-the-art overview of key current research in Korean language and linguistics.
Chapter divisions
Chapters are divided into five thematic areas: phonetics and phonology, morphology and syntax, semantics and pragmatics, sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics, and language pedagogy.
Features of the Handbook
The Handbook includes cross-linguistic data to illuminate the features of Korean, and examples in Korean script, making it suitable for advanced students and researchers with or without prior knowledge of Korean linguistics.
Intended audience
It is an essential resource for students and researchers wishing to explore the exciting and rapidly moving field of Korean linguistics.
