KOREAN LINGUISTICS

This course, which is one of the supplementary courses offered by the Master's Degree Programme in Languages and Civilizations of Asia and North Africa, aims at: providing a more detailed knowledge of the main aspects of Korean linguistics. The course will particularly focus on morphology and syntax. The achievement of these aims will provide students with important knowledge for the understanding of cross-linguistic dynamics and essential tools to use in language analysis and in language use, so as to integrate the skills which mainly characterize this MA programme.

Through the attendance of the course and individual study, students will:

1. Knowledge and understanding
- Get to know the main aspects of Korean linguistics and acquire analytical and metalinguistic reflection skills, also in a cross-linguistic comparative perspective.
- Get to know the basic linguistic terminology and understand the texts that make use of it.

2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
- Know how to make a linguistic analysis of different aspects of the Korean language and to compare it with Italian and English.
- Contextualize and solve theoretical problems related to translation and linguistic mediation activities.
- Know how to use correctly linguistic terminology at all stages of application and communication of the acquired knowledge.

Adequate knowledge of the Korean and English languages

Lesson 1: Introduction to the course: aims and methodology
Lesson 2: Genetic affiliation
Lesson 3: Historical development
Lesson 4: Dialects
Lesson 5: Lexicon
Lesson 6: Writing systems 1 : Borrowing writing systems
Lesson 7: Writing systems 2 : Hunminjeongeum / Hankul
Lesson 8: Sound patterns 1 : Speech sounds, Sound combination
Lesson 9: Sound patterns 2 : Sound alternations, Rhythmic patterns
Lesson 10: Word structure 1 : Word categories, Morphology(1)
Lesson 11: Word structure 2 : Morphology(2), Compounding
Lesson 12: Grammatical structure 1 : Sentence types
Lesson 13: Grammatical structure 2 : Syntactic relations, Embedded clauses, Case marking
Lesson 14: Grammatical structure 3 : Modality and tense-aspect, Passive and causative constructions
Lesson 15: Grammatical structure 4 : Negation, Honorifics and politeness strategies

Bibliography
Sohn, Ho-Min 1999. The Korean Language. Cambridge University Press. <main textbook>

Lee, Iksop & Ramsey, S. Robert 2000. The Korean Language. State University of New York Press.
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민현식 외 2020. 한국어 교사를 위한 한국어학개론. 사회평론아카데미.
김지형 외 2015. 외국어로서의 한국어 교육을 위한 한국어학의 이해. UCL Inc.
홍종선 외 2015. 쉽게 읽는 한국어학의 이해. 한국문화사.
이관규 2002. 학교 문법론(개정판). 도서출판 월인.
장향실 외 2024. 한국어 교사를 위한 한국어 첫 문법. 공앤박.
이상혁 2021. 훈민정음과 한글의 세계. 박이정.

Students will be evaluated through a written exam(50%) and on seminar activity in the case of attending students(50%).
The verification exam consists in writing a final essay on one of the topics covered in class, and in an oral test on the final written report and on other themes dealt with in class.

The course consists of lectures by professor and seminar presentations by students.
Students will be able to present seminars in class in groups or individually.
Lectures with Power Point presentations. Presentations and in-depth materials will be available on the moodle.

English

Non-attending students are asked to contact the professor at the beginning of the course to find out about the testing method and the teaching materials and texts required for the exam.

written and oral