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| are japanese and korean languages similar: The Way of the Linguist Steve Kaufmann, 2005-11 The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey. It is now a cliché that the world is a smaller place. We think nothing of jumping on a plane to travel to another country or continent. The most exotic locations are now destinations for mass tourism. Small business people are dealing across frontiers and language barriers like never before. The Internet brings different languages and cultures to our finger-tips. English, the hybrid language of an island at the western extremity of Europe seems to have an unrivalled position as an international medium of communication. But historically periods of cultural and economic domination have never lasted forever. Do we not lose something by relying on the wide spread use of English rather than discovering other languages and cultures? As citizens of this shrunken world, would we not be better off if we were able to speak a few languages other than our own? The answer is obviously yes. Certainly Steve Kaufmann thinks so, and in his busy life as a diplomat and businessman he managed to learn to speak nine languages fluently and observe first hand some of the dominant cultures of Europe and Asia. Why do not more people do the same? In his book The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey, Steve offers some answers. Steve feels anyone can learn a language if they want to. He points out some of the obstacles that hold people back. Drawing on his adventures in Europe and Asia, as a student and businessman, he describes the rewards that come from knowing languages. He relates his evolution as a language learner, abroad and back in his native Canada and explains the kind of attitude that will enable others to achieve second language fluency. Many people have taken on the challenge of language learning but have been frustrated by their lack of success. This book offers detailed advice on the kind of study practices that will achieve language breakthroughs. Steve has developed a language learning system available online at: www.thelinguist.com. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: The Languages of Japan and Korea Nicolas Tranter, 2012 The Languages of Japan and Korea provides detailed descriptions of the major varieties of languages in the region, both modern and pre-modern, within a common format, producing a long-needed introductory reference source. Korean, Japanese, Ainu, and representative members of the main groupings of the Ryukyuan chain are discussed for the first time in great detail in a single work. The volume is divided into language sketches, the majority of which are broken down into sections on phonology, orthography, morphology, syntax and lexicon. Specific emphasis is placed on aspects of syntactic interest, including speech levels, honorifics and classifiers. Each language variety is represented in Roman-based transcription, although its own script (where there is such orthography) and IPA transcriptions are used sparingly where appropriate. The dialects of both the modern and oldest forms of the languages are given extensive treatment, with a primary focus on the differences from the standard language. These synchronic snapshots are complemented by a discussion of both the genetic and areal relationships between languages in the region. With contributions from a variety of scholars of the highest reputation, The Language of Japan and Korea is a much needed and highly useful tool for professionals and students in linguistics, as well as area studies specialists. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Japanese from Zero! George Trombley, Japanese From Zero! is an innovative and integrated approach to learning Japanese that was developed by professional Japanese interpreter George Trombley, Yukari Takenaka and was continuously refined over eight years in the classroom by native Japanese professors. Using up-to-date and easy-to-grasp grammar, Japanese From Zero! is the perfect course for current students of Japanese as well as absolute beginners. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Reading in Asian Languages Kenneth S. Goodman, Shaomei Wang, Mieko Iventosch, Yetta M. Goodman, 2012-04-23 This book refutes the common Western belief that non-alphabetic writing systems (Chinese, Japanese. Korean) are hard to learn or to use, and offers practical theory-based methodology for the teaching of literacy in these languages to first and second language learners. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Colonizing Language Christina Yi, 2018-03-06 With the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1894, Japan embarked on a policy of territorial expansion that would claim Taiwan and Korea, among others. Assimilation policies led to a significant body of literature written in Japanese by colonial writers by the 1930s. After its unconditional surrender in 1945, Japan abruptly receded to a nation-state, establishing its present-day borders. Following Korea’s liberation, Korean was labeled the national language of the Korean people, and Japanese-language texts were purged from the Korean literary canon. At the same time, these texts were also excluded from the Japanese literary canon, which was reconfigured along national, rather than imperial, borders. In Colonizing Language, Christina Yi investigates how linguistic nationalism and national identity intersect in the formation of modern literary canons through an examination of Japanese-language cultural production by Korean and Japanese writers from the 1930s through the 1950s, analyzing how key texts were produced, received, and circulated during the rise and fall of the Japanese empire. She considers a range of Japanese-language writings by Korean colonial subjects published in the 1930s and early 1940s and then traces how postwar reconstructions of ethnolinguistic nationality contributed to the creation of new literary canons in Japan and Korea, with a particular focus on writers from the Korean diasporic community in Japan. Drawing upon fiction, essays, film, literary criticism, and more, Yi challenges conventional understandings of national literature by showing how Japanese language ideology shaped colonial histories and the postcolonial present in East Asia. A Center for Korean Research Book |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: The Fall of Language in the Age of English Minae Mizumura, 2015-01-06 Winner of the Kobayashi Hideo Award, The Fall of Language in the Age of English lays bare the struggle to retain the brilliance of one's own language in this period of English-language dominance. Born in Tokyo but raised and educated in the United States, Minae Mizumura acknowledges the value of a universal language in the pursuit of knowledge yet also embraces the different ways of understanding offered by multiple tongues. She warns against losing this precious diversity. Universal languages have always played a pivotal role in advancing human societies, Mizumura shows, but in the globalized world of the Internet, English is fast becoming the sole common language of humanity. The process is unstoppable, and striving for total language equality is delusional—and yet, particular kinds of knowledge can be gained only through writings in specific languages. Mizumura calls these writings texts and their ultimate form literature. Only through literature and, more fundamentally, through the diverse languages that give birth to a variety of literatures, can we nurture and enrich humanity. Incorporating her own experiences as a writer and a lover of language and embedding a parallel history of Japanese, Mizumura offers an intimate look at the phenomena of individual and national expression. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Writing Systems, Reading Processes, and Cross-Linguistic Influences Hye K. Pae, 2018-07-15 This book provides readers with a unique array of scholarly reflections on the writing systems of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean in relation to reading processes and data-driven interpretations of cross-language transfer. Distinctively broad in scope, topics addressed in this volume include word reading with respect to orthographic, phonological, morphological, and semantic processing as well as cross-linguistic influences on reading in English as a second language or a foreign language. Given that the three focal scripts have unique orthographic features not found in other languages – Chinese as logography, Japanese with multi-scripts, and Korean as non-Roman alphasyllabary – chapters expound script-universal and script-specific reading processes. As a means of scaling up the body of knowledge traditionally focused on Anglocentric reading research, the scientific accounts articulated in this volume importantly expand the field’s current theoretical frameworks of word processing to theory building with regard to these three languages. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: The Korean Language Iksop Lee, S. Robert Ramsey, 2001-01-11 This book describes the structure and history of the Korean language, ranging from its cultural and sociological setting, writing system, and modern dialects, to how Koreans themselves view their language and its role in society. An accessible, comprehensive source of information on the Korean language, Lee and Ramsey's work is an important resource for all those interested in Korean history and culture, offering information not readily available elsewhere in the English-language literature. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Languages and History Roy Andrew Miller, 2006-07 |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Diaspora without Homeland Sonia Ryang, John Lie, 2009-04-27 More than one-half million people of Korean descent reside in Japan today—the largest ethnic minority in a country often assumed to be homogeneous. This timely, interdisciplinary volume blends original empirical research with the vibrant field of diaspora studies to understand the complicated history, identity, and status of the Korean minority in Japan. An international group of scholars explores commonalities and contradictions in the Korean diasporic experience, touching on such issues as citizenship and belonging, the personal and the political, and homeland and hostland. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Is Japanese Related to Korean, Tungusic, Mongolic and Turkic? Martine Irma Robbeets, 2005 Where does Japanese come from? The linguistic origin of the Japanese language is among the most disputed questions of language history. One current hypothesis is that Japanese is an Altaic language, sharing a common ancestor with Korean, Tungusic, Mongolic and Turkic. But, the opinions are strongly polarized. Especially the inclusion of Japanese into this classification model is very much under debate. Given the lack of consensus in the field, this book presents a state of the art for the etymological evidence relating Japanese to Korean, Tungusic, Mongolic and Turkic. The different Altaic etymologies proposed in the scholarly literature are gathered in an etymological index of Japanese appended to this book. An item-by-item sifting of the evidence helps to hold down borrowings, universal similarities and coincidental look-alikes to a small percentage. When the remaining core-evidence is screened in terms of phonological regularity, the answer to the intriguing question is beginning to take shape. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: The Oxford Guide to the Transeurasian Languages Martine Robbeets, Alexander Savelyev, 2020 This volume provides a comprehensive treatment of the Transeurasian languages. It offers detailed structural overviews of individual languages, as well as comparative perspectives and insights from typology, genetics, and anthropology. The book will be an indispensable resource for anyone interested in Transeurasian and comparative linguistics. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Script Effects as the Hidden Drive of the Mind, Cognition, and Culture Hye K. Pae, 2020-10-14 This open access volume reveals the hidden power of the script we read in and how it shapes and drives our minds, ways of thinking, and cultures. Expanding on the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis (i.e., the idea that language affects the way we think), this volume proposes the “Script Relativity Hypothesis” (i.e., the idea that the script in which we read affects the way we think) by offering a unique perspective on the effect of script (alphabets, morphosyllabaries, or multi-scripts) on our attention, perception, and problem-solving. Once we become literate, fundamental changes occur in our brain circuitry to accommodate the new demand for resources. The powerful effects of literacy have been demonstrated by research on literate versus illiterate individuals, as well as cross-scriptal transfer, indicating that literate brain networks function differently, depending on the script being read. This book identifies the locus of differences between the Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans, and between the East and the West, as the neural underpinnings of literacy. To support the “Script Relativity Hypothesis”, it reviews a vast corpus of empirical studies, including anthropological accounts of human civilization, social psychology, cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, applied linguistics, second language studies, and cross-cultural communication. It also discusses the impact of reading from screens in the digital age, as well as the impact of bi-script or multi-script use, which is a growing trend around the globe. As a result, our minds, ways of thinking, and cultures are now growing closer together, not farther apart. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Japanese and the Other Altaic Languages Roy Andrew Miller, 1971 |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Koguryo Christopher I. Beckwith, 2007 This book describes the Koguryo language, which was once spoken in Manchuria and Korea, including Koguryo and Japanese ethnolinguistic history, Koguryo's genetic relationship to Japanese, Koguryo phonology, and the Koguryo lexicon. It also analyzes the phonology of archaic Northeastern Chinese. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: The Languages of Japan Masayoshi Shibatani, 1990-05-03 A survey of the two main indigenous languages of Japan includes the most comprehensive study of the polysynthetic Ainu language yet to appear in English as well as a comprehensive analysis of Japanese linguistics. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: International Perspectives on Translation, Education and Innovation in Japanese and Korean Societies David G. Hebert, 2018-03-08 This book studies the three concepts of translation, education and innovation from a Nordic and international perspective on Japanese and Korean societies. It presents findings from pioneering research into cultural translation, Japanese and Korean linguistics, urban development, traditional arts, and related fields. Across recent decades, Northern European scholars have shown increasing interest in East Asia. Even though they are situated on opposite sides of the Eurasia landmass, the Nordic nations have a great deal in common with Japan and Korea, including vibrant cultural traditions, strong educational systems, and productive social democratic economies. Taking a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach, and in addition to the examination of the three key concepts, the book explores several additional intersecting themes, including sustainability, nature, humour, aesthetics, cultural survival and social change, discourse and representation. This book offers a collection of original interdisciplinary research from the 25th anniversary conference of the Nordic Association for Japanese and Korean Studies (2013). Its 21 chapters are divided into five parts according to interdisciplinary themes: Translational Issues in Literature, Analyses of Korean and Japanese Languages, Language Education, Innovation and New Perspectives on Culture, and The Arts in Innovative Societies. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: My First Book of Japanese Words Michelle Haney Brown, 2012-11-10 My First Book of Japanese Words is a beautifully illustrated book that introduces young children to Japanese language and culture through everyday words. The words profiled in this book are all commonly used in the Japanese language and are both informative and fun for English-speaking children to learn. The goals of My First Book of Japanese Words are multiple: to familiarize children with the sounds and structure of Japanese speech, to introduce core elements of Japanese culture, to illustrate the ways in which languages differ in their treatment of everyday sounds and to show how, through cultural importation, a single word can be shared between languages. Both teachers and parents will welcome the book's cultural and linguistic notes and appreciate how the book is organized in a familiar ABC structure. Each word is presented in Kanji (when applicable), Kana, and Romanized form (Romaji). With the help of this book, we hope more children (and adults) will soon be a part of the 125 million people worldwide that speak Japanese! |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: A History of the Korean Language Ki-Moon Lee, S. Robert Ramsey, 2011-03-03 A History of the Korean Language is the first book on the subject ever published in English. It traces the origin, formation, and various historical stages through which the language has passed, from Old Korean through to the present day. Each chapter begins with an account of the historical and cultural background. A comprehensive list of the literature of each period is then provided and the textual record described, along with the script or scripts used to write it. Finally, each stage of the language is analyzed, offering new details supplementing what is known about its phonology, morphology, syntax, and lexicon. The extraordinary alphabetic materials of the 15th and 16th centuries are given special attention, and are used to shed light on earlier, pre-alphabetic periods. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Asia's Orthographic Dilemma William C. Hannas, 1997-06-01 With the advent of computers and the rise of East Asian economies, the complicated character-based writing systems of East Asia have reached a stage of crisis that may be described as truly millennial in scope and implications. In what is perhaps the most wide-ranging critique of the sinographic script ever written, William C. Hannas assesses the usefulness of Chinese character-based writing in East Asia today. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: The Korean Language Jae Jung Song, 2006-02 Provides a good overview of the Korean language in a readable way, without neglecting any important structural aspects of the language. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: The Burden of the Past Kan Kimura, 2019-01-29 The Burden of the Past reexamines the dispute over historical perception between Japan and South Korea, going beyond the descriptive emphasis of previous studies to clearly identify the many independent variables that have affected the situation. From the history textbook debates, to the Occupation-period exploitation of “comfort women,” to the Dokdo/Takeshima territory dispute and Yasukuni Shrine visits, Professor Kimura traces the rise and fall of popular, political, and international concerns underlying these complex and highly fraught issues. Utilizing Japanese and South Korean newspaper databases to review discussion of the two countries’ disputed historical perceptions from the end of World War II to the present, The Burden of the Past provides readers with the historical framework and the major players involved, offering much-needed clarity on such polarizing issues. By seeing behind the public discourse and political rhetoric, this book offers a firmer footing for a discussion and the steps toward resolution. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: The Dutch Language in Japan (1600-1900) Christopher Joby, 2020-12-29 In The Dutch Language in Japan (1600-1900) Christopher Joby offers the first book-length account of the knowledge and use of the Dutch language in Tokugawa and early Meiji Japan, which had a profound effect on Japan’s language, society and culture. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary Kate Woodford, Guy Jackson, 2003 The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the ideal dictionary for advanced EFL/ESL learners. Easy to use and with a great CD-ROM - the perfect learner's dictionary for exam success. First published as the Cambridge International Dictionary of English, this new edition has been completely updated and redesigned. - References to over 170,000 words, phrases and examples explained in clear and natural English - All the important new words that have come into the language (e.g. dirty bomb, lairy, 9/11, clickable) - Over 200 'Common Learner Error' notes, based on the Cambridge Learner Corpus from Cambridge ESOL exams Plus, on the CD-ROM: - SMART thesaurus - lets you find all the words with the same meaning - QUICKfind - automatically looks up words while you are working on-screen - SUPERwrite - tools for advanced writing, giving help with grammar and collocation - Hear and practise all the words. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Handbook of Japanese Semantics and Pragmatics Wesley M. Jacobsen, Yukinori Takubo, 2020-10-12 The volume on Semantics and Pragmatics presents a collection of studies on linguistic meaning in Japanese, either as conventionally encoded in linguistic form (the field of semantics) or as generated by the interaction of form with context (the field of pragmatics), representing a range of ideas and approaches that are currently most influentialin these fields. The studies are organized around a model that has long currency in traditional Japanese grammar, whereby the linguistic clause consists of a multiply nested structure centered in a propositional core of objective meaning around which forms are deployed that express progressively more subjective meaning as one moves away from the core toward the periphery of the clause. The volume seeks to achieve a balance in highlighting both insights that semantic and pragmatic theory has to offer to the study of Japanese as a particular language and, conversely, contributions that Japanese has to make to semantic and pragmatic theory in areas of meaning that are either uniquely encoded, or encoded to a higher degree of specificity, in Japanese by comparison to other languages, such as conditional forms, forms expressing varying types of speaker modality, and social deixis. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Numeral Classifiers and Classifier Languages Chungmin Lee, Young-Wha Kim, Byeong-Uk Yi, 2021-02-17 Focusing mainly on classifiers, Numeral Classifiers and Classifier Languages offers a deep investigation of three major classifier languages: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. This book provides detailed discussions well supported by empirical evidence and corpus analyses. Theoretical hypotheses regarding differences and commonalities between numeral classifier languages and other mainly article languages are tested to seek universals or typological characteristics. The essays collected here from leading scholars in different fields promise to be greatly significant in the field of linguistics for several reasons. First, it targets three representative classifier languages in Asia. It also provides critical clues and suggests solutions to syntactic, semantic, psychological, and philosophical issues about classifier constructions. Finally, it addresses ensuing debates that may arise in the field of linguistics in general and neighboring inter-disciplinary areas. This book should be of great interest to advanced students and scholars of East Asian languages. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Remembering the Kanji 2 James W. Heisig, 2012-04-30 Following the first volume of Remembering the Kanji, the present work provides students with helpful tools for learning the pronunciation of the kanji. Behind the notorious inconsistencies in the way the Japanese language has come to pronounce the characters it received from China lie several coherent patterns. Identifying these patterns and arranging them in logical order can reduce dramatically the amount of time spent in the brute memorization of sounds unrelated to written forms. Many of the “primitive elements,” or building blocks, used in the drawing of the characters also serve to indicate the “Chinese reading” that particular kanji use, chiefly in compound terms. By learning one of the kanji that uses such a “signal primitive,” one can learn the entire group at the same time. In this way, Remembering the Kanji 2 lays out the varieties of phonetic pattern and offers helpful hints for learning readings, that might otherwise appear completely random, in an efficient and rational way. Individual frames cross-reference the kanji to alternate readings and to the frame in volume 1 in which the meaning and writing of the kanji was first introduced. A parallel system of pronouncing the kanji, their “Japanese readings,” uses native Japanese words assigned to particular Chinese characters. Although these are more easily learned because of the association of the meaning to a single word, the author creates a kind of phonetic alphabet of single syllable words, each connected to a simple Japanese word, and shows how they can be combined to help memorize particularly troublesome vocabulary. The 4th edition has been updated to include the 196 new kanji approved by the government in 2010 as “general-use” kanji. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: The Handbook of Korean Linguistics Lucien Brown, Jaehoon Yeon, 2019-02-06 The Handbook of Korean Linguistics presents state-of-the-art overviews of the linguistic research on the Korean language. • Structured to allow a range of theoretical perspectives in addressing linguistic phenomena • Includes chapters on Old Korean and Middle Korean, present-day language policies in North and South Korea, social aspects of Korean as a heritage language, and honorifics • Indispensable and unique resource not only for those studying Korean linguistics but cross-linguistic research in general |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Why the Japanese Are a Superior People! Boye Lafayette De Mente, 2009-07-08 Boy Lafayette De Mente-author of more than 50 books on the business practices, cultures and languages of China, Japan, Korea and Mexico-identifies and describes the cultural elements that made the Japanese an extraordinary people-elements based on the fact that the Japanese are right-brain oriented but are able to use both sides of their brain...with remarkable results that are responsible for their economic prowess, their aesthetic prowess, and the seductive nature of their culture. He pinpoints the areas where the Japanese have conspicuous advantages over Americans and other left-brain oriented people. A Must Read for anyone interested in understanding the character and mindset of the Japanese for whatever purpose. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Koreo-Japonica Alexander Vovin, 2009-11-02 The Japonic (Japanese and Ryukyuan) portmanteau language family and the Korean language have long been considered isolates on the fringe of northeast Asia. This text challenges a view widely held by Japonic and Korean historical linguistics on the relationship between the two language families. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Collection of Equivalent Proverbs in Five Languages Albert F. Chang, Fukubu Chō, 2012 This book provides a collection of equivalent proverbs in four Asian languages as well as English. Each of the Asian language proverbs is presented with its literal translation in English. Each proverb is explained to point out similarities and differences in the languages due to the differences in culture. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Learning to Read across Languages and Writing Systems Ludo Verhoeven, Charles Perfetti, 2020-04-02 Around the world, children embark on learning to read in their home language or writing system. But does their specific language, and how it is written, make a difference to how they learn? How is learning to read English similar to or different from learning in other languages? Is reading alphabetic writing a different challenge from reading syllabic or logographic writing? Learning to Read across Languages and Writing Systems examines these questions across seventeen languages representing the world's different major writing systems. Each chapter highlights the key features of a specific language, exploring research on learning to read, spell, and comprehend it, and on implications for education. The editors' introduction describes the global spread of reading and provides a theoretical framework, including operating principles for learning to read. The editors' final chapter draws conclusions about cross-linguistic universal trends, and the challenges posed by specific languages and writing systems. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately Boris Shekhtman, 2003 This book provides a unique set of tools designed to enhance an individual's success in communicati0n in a foreign language environment. The devices presented allow the speaker of a foreign language to demonstrate the level of his/her language more impressively. These techniques were developed and tested by the author with adult professionals in such varied fields as journalism, diplomacy, government, and international business. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: The Common Origin of the Japanese and Korean Languages S. Kanazawa, 1910 |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Political and Intellectual Relations of China, Japan and Korea ... Mrs. Emma Ellen Kuno, 1914 |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: The Role of Contact in the Origins of the Japanese and Korean Languages J. Marshall Unger, 2009 Despite decades of research on the reconstruction of proto-Korean-Japanese (pKJ), some scholars still reject a genetic relationship. This study addresses their doubts in a new way, interpreting comparative linguistic data within a context of material and cultural evidence, much of which has come to light only in recent years. The weaknesses of the reconstruction, according to J. Marshall Unger, are due to the early date at which pKJ split apart and to lexical material that the pre-Korean and pre-Japanese branches later borrowed from different languages to their north and south, respectively. Unger shows that certain Old Japanese words must have been borrowed from Korean from the fourth century C.E., only a few centuries after the completion of the Yayoi migrations, which brought wet-field rice cultivation to Kyushu from southern Korea. That leaves too short an interval for the growth of two distinct languages by the time they resumed active contact. Hence, concludes Unger, the original separation occurred on the peninsula much earlier, prior to reliance on paddy rice and the rise of metallurgy. Non-Korean elements in ancient peninsular place names were vestiges of pre-Yayoi Japanese language, according to Unger, who questions the assumption that Korean developed exclusively from the language of Silla. He argues instead that the rulers of Koguryo, Paekche, and Silla all spoke varieties of Old Korean, which became the common language of the peninsula as their kingdoms overwhelmed its older culture and vied for dominance. Was the separation so early as to vitiate the hypothesis of a common source language? Unger responds that, while assuming non-relationship obviates difficulties of pKJ reconstruction, it fares worse than the genetic hypothesis in relation to non-linguistic findings, and fails to explain a significant number of grammatical as well as lexical similarities. Though improving the reconstruction of pKJ will be challenging, he argues, the theory of genetic relationship is still the better working hypothesis. The Role of Contact in the Origins of the Japanese and Korean Languages shows how an interdisciplinary approach can shed light on a difficult case in which the separation of two languages lies close to the time horizon of the comparative method. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Writing and Literacy in Chinese, Korean and Japanese Insup Taylor, Martin M. Taylor, Maurice Martin Taylor, 1995-01-01 Chinese, Japanese, South (and North) Koreans in East Asia have a long, intertwined and distinguished cultural history and have achieved, or are in the process of achieving, spectacular economic success. Together, these three peoples make up one quarter of the world population.They use a variety of unique and fascinating writing systems: logographic Chinese characters of ancient origin, as well as phonetic systems of syllabaries and alphabets. The book describes, often in comparison with English, how the Chinese, Korean and Japanese writing systems originated and developed; how each relates to its spoken language; how it is learned or taught; how it can be computerized; and how it relates to the past and present literacy, education, and culture of its users.Intimately familiar with the three East Asian cultures, Insup Taylor with the assistance of Martin Taylor, has written an accessible and highly readable book. Writing and Literacy in Chinese, Korean and Japanese is intended for academic readers (students in East Asian Studies, linguistics, education, psychology) as well as for the general public (parents, business, government). Readers of the book will learn about the interrelated cultural histories of China, Korea and Japan, but mainly about the various writing systems, some exotic, some familar, some simple, some complex, but all fascinating. |
| are japanese and korean languages similar: Isolation and Contact as Factors in the Cultural Evolution of China, Korea, and Japan Prior to 1842 Chiang Liu, 1923 |
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| are japanese and korean languages similar: Student Writing Lucy K. Spence, 2014-04-01 Education professionals interested in understanding student writing will want to read this book. It describes “Generous Reading,” a novel method of approaching the writing of culturally and linguistically diverse students. This book addresses the increasing diversity present throughout schools across the U.S. and in other countries. Drawing from current research and theory in linguistics and composition, Spence has developed a way for teachers to tap into the cultural worlds of students and draw upon their linguistic understandings in order to help them improve their writing. The book is based on research projects conducted in the southwest and southeast regions of the United States. The chapters on language variation, culturally relevant instruction, and language transfer will also be of interest to writing teachers. Spence has presented the Generous Reading method across the nation and internationally where audiences have been eager to try out the methods in their classrooms with students of all ages. University professors have used Generous Reading in teacher education courses. This methodology has potential to change teachers’ perspectives on student writing and illuminate writing strengths previously overlooked. |
Similarities between Korean and Japanese - IJLLL
culture. Through this paper, supposition that Korean and Japanese are similar because of their shared historical traits would become clearer. Index Terms—Similarity, Japanese and Korean, …
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In terms of numbers of speakers, Japanese-Ryukyuan and Korean are the largest language isolates in the world. I use the term “isolate” here in the informal sense that includes both true
Japanese and Korean: The Problems and History of a …
The actual scientific phase of Japanese-Korean linguistic com-parison began in the twenties with the works of the Finnish scholar Ramstedt. These are characterized by his comparison of the …
The Origins of the Korean Language: A Linguist’s Perspective
Korean and Japanese are more similar to one another than either is to any of the languages spoken in adjacent parts of Asia. That is as far as pure linguistics takes us at present.
Language relationships and comparative reconstruction
• Japanese and “Ryukyuan” as sister languages — YES • Relationship between Japanese/Ryukyuan and Korean? • Relationship between J/R/K and the “(Ural)-Altaic” group?
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Instead of directly revisiting their origin, the present study devotes at-tention to typological features that distinguish Japonic and Koreanic from the other Altaic languages both on the …
Porting Grammars between Typologically Similar Languages: …
We report on a preliminary investigation of the difficulty of converting a grammar of one lan-guage into a grammar of a typologically similar language. In this investigation, we started with the …
Comparing the Japanese and Korean Languages: Culling …
Comparing the Japanese and Korean Languages: Culling Borrowed Words . J. Marshall Unger . Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures . The Ohio State University
‘Magnet’-type Japanese and ‘Chain’-type Korean(3) : …
Japanese and Korean languages (henceforth, Japanese and Korean) are typologically similar: they both have the so-called subject–object–verb (SOV) structure; they are agglutinative; and …
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Korean and Japanese writing systems originated and developed how each relates to its spoken language how it is learned or taught how it can be computerized and how it relates to the past …
The Comparative Syntax of Korean and Japanese
We bring diferent perspectives to the task: one as a teacher of Korean/Japanese and specialist on Korean/Japanese second language learning, one as a researcher in comparative syntax and …
A Comparative Study of the Japanese and Korean Languages
Japanese/ or h corresponds to a Korean p, and a Korean h to a Japanese lc or g. Where European languages have two letters r and /, Japanese and Korean have only one. The …
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each group and the nature of the Ainu, Ryūkyūan, and Korean languages provide some historical background to the conflicts and a context for distinguishing the linguistic and paralinguistic …
Porting Grammars between Typologically Similar Languages: …
We report on a preliminary investigation of the difficulty of converting a grammar of one lan-guage into a grammar of a typologically similar language. In this investigation, we started with the …
The Japanese/Korean Vowel Correspondences - Cornell …
Recent advances in the reconstruction of the vowel system of Proto-Japanese (including Ryûkyûan) enable us to clarify and distinguish the vowel correspondences that hold for later …
Honorifics in Japanese and Korean Picture Books: Comparing …
udy aims to clarify the differences in the use of honorifics (non-honorifics) by young speakers in discourses in Japanese and Korean. I analyzed the speech levels in four Japanese original …
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how the Chinese Korean and Japanese writing systems originated and developed how each relates to its spoken language how it is learned or taught how it can be computerized and how …
Teinei 丁寧), Limao 禮貌), and Kongson 恭遜): A Comparison …
differences in how Japanese, Chinese, and Korean native speakers communicate. The norms and values of communication are often lexicalized in a language as ordinary concepts. In general, …
THE HISTORICAL COMPARISON OF JAPANESE, KOREAN AND …
OF JAPANESE, KOREAN AND THE TRANS-EURASIAN LANGUAGES Martine Robbeets (UniversityofMainç) Theguages question are genealogically whether Japanese, related Korean …
Where Japanese Contrasts with Korean and Mandarin Chinese:*
This paper presents two contrastive case studies, a contrastive pragmatic analysis of Japanese noda and Korean kes-ita and a contrastive semantic analysis of Japanese and Mandarin …
Similarities between Korean and Japanese - IJLLL
culture. Through this paper, supposition that Korean and Japanese are similar because of their shared historical traits would become clearer. Index Terms—Similarity, Japanese and Korean, …
To appear in: Tranter, David N (ed.) The Languages of Japan …
In terms of numbers of speakers, Japanese-Ryukyuan and Korean are the largest language isolates in the world. I use the term “isolate” here in the informal sense that includes both true
Japanese and Korean: The Problems and History of a …
The actual scientific phase of Japanese-Korean linguistic com-parison began in the twenties with the works of the Finnish scholar Ramstedt. These are characterized by his comparison of the …
The Origins of the Korean Language: A Linguist’s Perspective
Korean and Japanese are more similar to one another than either is to any of the languages spoken in adjacent parts of Asia. That is as far as pure linguistics takes us at present.
Language relationships and comparative reconstruction
• Japanese and “Ryukyuan” as sister languages — YES • Relationship between Japanese/Ryukyuan and Korean? • Relationship between J/R/K and the “(Ural)-Altaic” group?
(De-)Altaicisation as convergence and divergence between …
Instead of directly revisiting their origin, the present study devotes at-tention to typological features that distinguish Japonic and Koreanic from the other Altaic languages both on the …
Porting Grammars between Typologically Similar …
We report on a preliminary investigation of the difficulty of converting a grammar of one lan-guage into a grammar of a typologically similar language. In this investigation, we started with the …
Comparing the Japanese and Korean Languages: Culling …
Comparing the Japanese and Korean Languages: Culling Borrowed Words . J. Marshall Unger . Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures . The Ohio State University
‘Magnet’-type Japanese and ‘Chain’-type Korean(3) : …
Japanese and Korean languages (henceforth, Japanese and Korean) are typologically similar: they both have the so-called subject–object–verb (SOV) structure; they are agglutinative; and …
Is Korean Language Similar To Japanese - research.frcog.org
Korean and Japanese writing systems originated and developed how each relates to its spoken language how it is learned or taught how it can be computerized and how it relates to the past …
The Comparative Syntax of Korean and Japanese
We bring diferent perspectives to the task: one as a teacher of Korean/Japanese and specialist on Korean/Japanese second language learning, one as a researcher in comparative syntax and …
A Comparative Study of the Japanese and Korean Languages
Japanese/ or h corresponds to a Korean p, and a Korean h to a Japanese lc or g. Where European languages have two letters r and /, Japanese and Korean have only one. The …
LANGUAGE CONFLICT AND LANGUAGE RIGHTS: AND …
each group and the nature of the Ainu, Ryūkyūan, and Korean languages provide some historical background to the conflicts and a context for distinguishing the linguistic and paralinguistic …
Porting Grammars between Typologically Similar Languages: …
We report on a preliminary investigation of the difficulty of converting a grammar of one lan-guage into a grammar of a typologically similar language. In this investigation, we started with the …
The Japanese/Korean Vowel Correspondences - Cornell …
Recent advances in the reconstruction of the vowel system of Proto-Japanese (including Ryûkyûan) enable us to clarify and distinguish the vowel correspondences that hold for later …
Honorifics in Japanese and Korean Picture Books: …
udy aims to clarify the differences in the use of honorifics (non-honorifics) by young speakers in discourses in Japanese and Korean. I analyzed the speech levels in four Japanese original …
Is Korean Language Similar To Japanese - mobile.frcog.org
how the Chinese Korean and Japanese writing systems originated and developed how each relates to its spoken language how it is learned or taught how it can be computerized and how …
Teinei 丁寧), Limao 禮貌), and Kongson 恭遜): A Comparison …
differences in how Japanese, Chinese, and Korean native speakers communicate. The norms and values of communication are often lexicalized in a language as ordinary concepts. In general, …
THE HISTORICAL COMPARISON OF JAPANESE, KOREAN …
OF JAPANESE, KOREAN AND THE TRANS-EURASIAN LANGUAGES Martine Robbeets (UniversityofMainç) Theguages question are genealogically whether Japanese, related Korean …
Where Japanese Contrasts with Korean and Mandarin Chinese:*
This paper presents two contrastive case studies, a contrastive pragmatic analysis of Japanese noda and Korean kes-ita and a contrastive semantic analysis of Japanese and Mandarin …
