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English and Korean in Contrast

A Linguistic Introduction

Jong-Bok Kim

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Wiley-Blackwell
16 January 2024
ENGLISH AND KOREAN IN CONTRAST 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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Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 226mm,  Width: 150mm,  Spine: 23mm
Weight:   499g
ISBN:   9781394157372
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Preface xiii Abbreviations xv 1 Linguistic Differences: Where Do They Come From? 1 1.1 Linguistic Differences 1 1.2 Cultural Differences 3 1.3 Why Contrastive Analyses? 5 1.4 What This Book Is About 6 Exercises 7 2 Sounds and Writing Systems: How to Speak and Write 9 2.1 Introduction 9 2.2 English Sound Systems 10 2.2.1 English Consonants 10 2.2.2 English Vowels 12 2.3 Korean Hangul Alphabet and Romanization 13 2.4 Korean Sound Systems 15 2.4.1 Korean Consonants 15 2.4.2 Korean Vowels 17 2.5 Syllable Structures 18 2.5.1 English Syllable Structures 18 2.5.2 Korean Syllable Structures 20 2.6 Suprasegmental Features 21 2.6.1 English Suprasegmental Features 21 2.6.2 Korean Suprasegmental Features 22 2.7 Contrastive Notes 23 2.7.1 Consonants 23 2.7.2 Different Vowel Sets 24 2.7.3 Syllable and Consonant Clusters 24 2.7.4 Stress vs. Nonstress 25 2.8 Conclusion 25 Exercises 26 3 Words: Where Every Sentence Begins 29 3.1 Introduction 29 3.2 English Parts of Speech 29 3.2.1 Nouns 30 3.2.2 Verbs: Main and Auxiliary 30 3.2.3 Adjectives 32 3.2.4 Adverbs 32 3.2.5 Determiners 33 3.2.6 Prepositions 33 3.2.7 Particles 34 3.2.8 Conjunctions 35 3.2.9 Complementizers 36 3.3 Korean Parts of Speech 37 3.3.1 Nominals 37 3.3.2 Adnominals 41 3.3.3 Verbals: Adjective and Verb Together 42 3.3.4 Adverbials 46 3.4 Expanding Verbals and Nominals 47 3.4.1 Verbal and Nominal Derivations and Inflections in English 47 3.4.2 Verbal Inflections in Korean 48 3.4.3 Nominal Expansion in Korean 52 3.5 Contrastive Notes 53 3.5.1 Different Sets of Lexical Categories 53 3.5.2 Simple vs. Rich Verbal Inflection Systems 55 3.5.3 Simple vs. Rich Nominal Inflections 56 3.6 Conclusion 56 Exercises 57 4 Phrases: Combining Words and Building Larger Expressions 61 4.1 Introduction 61 4.2 Main Phrases in English 62 4.2.1 Noun Phrases 62 4.2.2 Verb Phrases 64 4.2.3 Adjective Phrases 65 4.2.4 Adverbial Phrases 66 4.2.5 Prepositional Phrases 67 4.2.6 Complementizer Phrases and Subordinating S (Conj-S) 68 4.3 Phrases in Korean 69 4.3.1 Nominal Phrases 69 4.3.2 Verbal Phrases: Stative and Nonstative VPs 74 4.3.3 Adverbial Phrases 78 4.4 Complex Phrases: Expanding the Size of Phrases 79 4.5 Contrastive Notes 80 4.5.1 Noun Phrases vs. Nominal Phrases 80 4.5.2 Verb Phrases and Verbal Phrases 81 4.5.3 Adnominal Phrases 82 4.5.4 Prepositions and Case Marking 82 4.6 Conclusion 83 Exercises 83 5 Grammar Rules: Constructing Sentences 87 5.1 Form and Function 87 5.2 Grammatical Functions 88 5.3 Mapping between Grammatical Function and Form 92 5.4 English Grammar Rules 93 5.4.1 Forming English Sentences 93 5.4.2 Simple English Sentences 97 5.5 Korean Grammar Rules 101 5.5.1 Forming Korean Sentences 101 5.5.2 Simple Korean Sentences 105 5.5.3 Grammar Rule for Auxiliary Constructions 106 5.6 Contrastive Notes 108 5.6.1 SVO vs. SOV 108 5.6.2 Head-Initial vs. Head-Final 108 5.6.3 Fixed vs. Free Word Order 109 5.6.4 Pro-Drop Languages 110 5.6.5 Complement Omission 111 5.7 Conclusion 111 Exercises 112 6 Tense and Aspect: Describing When and How a Situation Happens 115 6.1 Ways to Describe an Event 115 6.2 How to Describe an Event in English 118 6.2.1 Tense and Verb Inflection Form 118 6.2.2 Aspects: Ongoing and Completion 121 6.2.3 Situation Types 123 6.2.4 Sentence Types and Mood 125 6.3 How to Describe an Event in Korean 126 6.3.1 Tense in Korean 126 6.3.2 Aspect in Korean 131 6.3.3 Situation Types in Korean 134 6.3.4 Sentence Types and Mood in Korean 136 6.4 Contrastive Notes 137 6.4.1 Tense 137 6.4.2 Aspect 138 6.4.3 Sentence Types and Mood 138 6.5 Conclusion 139 Exercises 139 7 Auxiliary Systems: Helping Main Verbs 143 7.1 Introduction 143 7.2 English Auxiliary System 144 7.2.1 Modals 145 7.2.2 Aspectual Verbs: Be and Have 147 7.2.3 Periphrastic Do 149 7.2.4 Infinitival Clause Marker To 149 7.2.5 Auxiliary and Negation 150 7.3 Korean Auxiliary System 152 7.3.1 Types of Auxiliary Verbs and 152 7.3.2 Three Possible Structures 154 7.3.3 Complex Predicate Formation 156 7.3.4 Auxiliaries and Negation 161 7.4 Contrastive Notes 162 7.4.1 Syntactic Similarities and Differences 163 7.4.2 Number of Auxiliary Verbs 164 7.4.3 Types of Auxiliary Verbs, and Expressing Modality 164 7.5 Conclusion 165 Exercises 166 8 Passive: Performing an Action or Being Acted Upon 169 8.1 Introduction 169 8.2 English Passive Constructions 170 8.2.1 Canonical Passive 170 8.2.2 Prepositional Passive 173 8.2.3 Semantic and Pragmatic Constraints 175 8.2.4 Adjectivals and Get-Passive 176 8.3 Korean Passive Constructions 178 8.3.1 Lexical and Syntactic Passives 178 8.3.2 Typical Syntactic Passives 181 8.3.3 Light-Verb Pseudo-Syntactic Passive 184 8.3.4 Inchoative and Stative Pseudo-Syntactic Passive 188 8.4 Contrastive Notes 190 8.4.1 Similarities 190 8.4.2 Structural Differences 191 8.4.3 Non-Canonical Passives 191 8.5 Conclusion 192 Exercises 192 9 Interrogative Constructions: Asking a Question 195 9.1 Clausal Types and Interrogatives 195 9.2 English Interrogatives 196 9.2.1 Yes-No Questions and Answering System 196 9.2.2 Tag Questions 199 9.2.3 Alternative Questions 200 9.2.4 Direct Wh-Questions and Syntactic Structures 201 9.2.5 Indirect Wh-Questions 205 9.2.6 Infinitival Wh-Questions 207 9.2.7 Multiple Wh-Questions 208 9.3 Korean Interrogatives 208 9.3.1 Yes-No Question and Response Particles 208 9.3.2 Wh-Questions 210 9.3.3 Indirect Questions 215 9.3.4 Multiple Wh-Questions 218 9.3.5 Questions with Different Illocutionary Force 219 9.4 Contrastive Notes 220 9.4.1 Polar Questions and Response Particles 220 9.4.2 Wh-Questions: In Situ or Not 221 9.4.3 Interpreting Wh-Expressions 221 9.5 Conclusion 222 Exercises 223 10 Relative Clauses: Building Bigger Nominal Expressions 227 10.1 Modifying an NP in the Postnominal Position 227 10.2 Relative Clauses in English 228 10.2.1 Wh-Relative Clauses 228 10.2.2 Wh- vs. That-Relative Clauses 234 10.2.3 Reduced Relative Clauses 234 10.2.4 Finite vs. Infinitival Relative Clauses 235 10.2.5 Restrictive vs. Nonrestrictive Relative Clauses 236 10.3 Relative Clauses in Korean 238 10.3.1 Complex NPs 238 10.3.2 Canonical Relative Clauses 240 10.3.3 Internally Headed Relative Clauses 243 10.3.4 Pseudo-Relative Clauses 246 10.4 Contrastive Notes 249 10.4.1 Relative Pronoun or Not 249 10.4.2 Types of Relative Clauses 249 10.4.3 Context-Sensitive Relative Clauses 251 10.5 Conclusion 251 Exercises 252 11 Topic and Focus: Specifying Given and New Information 255 11.1 Introduction 255 11.2 Topic Constructions in English 256 11.3 Topic Constructions in Korean 259 11.3.1 General Properties 259 11.3.2 Semantic/Pragmatic Classifications: Aboutness, Contrastive, and Scene-Setting 261 11.3.3 Syntactic Classifications and Structures 263 11.4 Focus Constructions in English 268 11.4.1 General Properties 268 11.4.2 Cleft Constructions in English and Their Syntactic Structures 269 11.5 Focus Constructions in Korean 274 11.5.1 General Properties 274 11.5.2 Cleft Constructions in Korean 276 11.5.3 Multiple-Nominative Focus Constructions 281 11.6 Contrastive Notes 283 11.6.1 Subject-Prominent vs. Topic-Prominent 283 11.6.2 Types of Topics 284 11.6.3 Focus Constructions: Clefts and Multiple Nominatives 285 11.7 Conclusion 286 Exercises 286 12 Comparative Constructions: Comparing Two Things or Situations 289 12.1 Introduction 289 12.2 English Comparatives 290 12.2.1 Clausal and Phrasal Comparatives 290 12.2.2 Coordination vs. Subordination Properties 291 12.2.3 Comparative Deletion and Ellipsis 292 12.3 Korean Comparatives 294 12.3.1 General Properties 294 12.3.2 Structure of Phrasal Comparatives 298 12.3.3 Structure of Clausal Comparatives 301 12.3.4 Context-Dependent Comparatives 304 12.4 Contrastive Notes 305 12.4.1 Types of Comparatives 305 12.4.2 Comparative Morphemes and Standard Markers 306 12.4.3 Comparative Deletion and Comparative Ellipsis 306 12.4.4 Context Dependency 306 12.5 Conclusion 307 Exercises 307 13 Agreement: Harmonizing Together 311 13.1 Introduction 311 13.2 Agreement in English 312 13.2.1 Agreement Features in English 312 13.2.2 Determiner-Head Agreement 313 13.2.3 Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement 313 13.2.4 Subject-Verb Agreement as Morphosyntactic Agreement 314 13.2.5 Subject-Verb Agreement as Index Agreement 314 13.3 Agreement in Korean 316 13.3.1 Subject-Verb Agreement as Honorific Agreement 316 13.3.2 Addressee Agreement 317 13.3.3 Multiple Honorification 318 13.3.4 Agreement in Auxiliary Constructions 319 13.4 Contrastive Notes 321 13.4.1 Subject-Verb Agreement 321 13.4.2 Other Types of Agreement 321 13.5 Conclusion 322 Exercises 322 14 Figurative Languages and Metaphors: Those We Live By 325 14.1 Literal vs. Figurative Uses in English 325 14.2 Metaphors in English 327 14.2.1 Conceptual Metaphors in English 327 14.2.2 Structural, Ontological, and Orientational Metaphors in English 329 14.3 Figurative Speech in Korean 330 14.4 Metaphors in Korean 332 14.4.1 Conceptual Metaphors in Korean 332 14.4.2 Structural, Ontological, and Orientational Metaphors in Korean 332 14.5 Contrastive Notes 336 14.6 Conclusion 338 Exercises 338 Bibliography 343 Index 353

JONG-BOK KIM is Professor in the Department of English Linguistics and Literature at Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea. His publications include Syntactic Constructions in English, English Syntax: An Introduction, The Syntactic Structure of Korean: A Construction Grammar Perspective, and numerous papers in top-tier domestic and international journals. He is also an Alexander von Humboldt Research Award Winner and a Distinguished Research Fellow of National Research Foundation of Korea.

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