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The Sounds of Korean.

This introduction to the sounds of Korean is designed for English-speaking students with no prior knowledge of the language.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shin, Jiyoung
Otros Autores: Kiaer, Jieun, Cha, Jaeeun
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; The Sounds of Korean; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Notational conventions; 1 Characteristics of the Korean language; 1.1 Origin, history and distribution; 1.1.1 The Korean language in East Asian history; 1.1.2 Where is the Korean language from?; 1.1.3 Korean vs. Chinese and Korean vs. Japanese: are they related, and if so, how?; 1.1.4 Korean as a global language: is the Korean language for the Korean peninsula only?; 1.2 Korean alphabet and romanisation; 1.2.1 Hangeul: the Korean alphabet; 1.2.2 Romanisation: how many styles and how different is each option?
  • 1.3 Lexicon1.3.1 What is the proportional ratio between Sino-Korean and pure Korean words?; 1.3.2 Increase of English loanwords; 1.3.3 New words in the twenty-first century; 1.3.4 Motion-and sound-symbolic words; 1.3.5 Can South Koreans and North Koreans understand each other?; 1.4 Structural properties of Korean; 1.4.1 How are words and sentences composed?; 1.4.2 Is the word order rigid or free?; 1.4.3 If it is not through word order, how are grammatical roles and relations expressed?; 1.4.4 How is the speaker's attitude expressed in Korean?; 1.4.5 How is the mood of a sentence realised?
  • 1.5 Socio-pragmatic characteristics of Korean1.6 Dialectal variation; 2 Production of sounds; 2.1 Vocal organs; 2.1.1 Overview; 2.1.2 Larynx; 2.1.3 Tongue; 2.1.4 Palate; 2.2 Major cavities; 2.3 Processes of speech production; 2.3.1 Initiation; 2.3.2 Phonation; 2.3.3 Articulation; 2.4 Classification; 2.4.1 Sonorants vs. obstruents; 2.4.2 Consonants; 2.4.2.1 Place of articulation; 2.4.2.2 Manner of articulation; 2.4.2.3 Phonation (or voice) types; 2.4.3 Vowels; 2.4.3.1 Height; 2.4.3.2 Backness; 2.4.3.3 Roundedness (protrusion of the lips); 2.5 Summary; EXERCISES; 3 Basic concepts of phonology.
  • 3.1 Speech sounds, phones and phonemes3.2 Phonemes and allophones; 3.3 Criteria for phoneme identification; 3.3.1 Minimal pairs; 3.3.2 Complementary distribution, phonetic similarity and free variation; 3.4 Position of sounds; 3.4.1 Sounds within a syllable: onset, nucleus and coda; 3.4.2 Sounds in word-initial, word-medial and word-final position; 3.5 Underlying form, surface form and phonological rules; 3.6 Phonological features; 3.6.1 Why are phonological features needed?; 3.6.2 Major class features; 3.7 Summary; EXERCISES; 4 Consonants; 4.1 Consonant chart; 4.2 Obstruents; 4.2.1 Stops.
  • 4.2.1.1 Word-initial stops4.2.1.2 Word-medial (intervocalic) stops; 4.2.1.3 Word-final stops; 4.2.1.4 Allophones and phonological identity of lax stops; 4.2.1.5 Major allophones of stops; 4.2.2 Fricatives; 4.2.2.1 Word-initial fricatives; 4.2.2.2 Word-medial (intervocalic) fricatives; 4.2.2.3 Allophones and phonological identity of the lax fricative; 4.2.2.4 Major allophones of fricatives; 4.2.3 Affricates; 4.2.3.1 Word-initial affricates; 4.2.3.2 Word-medial (intervocalic) affricates; 4.2.3.3 Major allophones of affricates; 4.3 Sonorants; 4.3.1 Nasals; 4.3.1.1 Word-initial nasals.