Ling 171: Structure and History of Korean

SS 2008, University of Konstanz

 

 

Place: A 703

Time: Wednesdays, 10-12:00

Instructors:  Barış Kabak, Georgij Nowossjelow (G.N.), Frans Plank

 

Course Description:

 

Korean is the official language of about 80 million people in two countries, the Republic of Korea in the southern and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. A large portion of this course will be devoted to the analytical study of Korean, namely its phonetics and phonology (taught by Kabak), and its morphology and syntax (by Nowossjelow). We will also study the typological significance of Korean (Plank).

 

Prerequisites:

 

“Einführung in die Sprachwissenschaft” and at least one of the core linguistics courses (e.g., Phonologie I, Syntax I, Morphologie I, etc.).

 

Course Readings:

 

1. Lee, Iksop and S. Robert Ramsey (2000). The Korean Language. Albany: State University of New York Press. [German edition: Ik-sop Lee, Sang-oak Lee, Wan Chae (2006). Die koreanische Sprache. Hetzer Verlag)]

 

2. Sohn, Ho-min (1999). The Korean Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 

3. 한국어 발음 연세대학교 어학당편 (Korean Pronunciation, Edition of Language Institute (Yonsei University)).

 

Schedule:

 

 

Date

Topic

Instructor

Readings

1

16.04.08

Korean from a typological perspective

Kabak

 

Lee: Ch. 1

Sohn: 1.2–1.5.

2

23.04.08

Korean from a typological perspective and its genetic affiliation

Kabak

Sohn: Ch. 2

3

30.04.08

Korean Phonetics-I

Kabak

Sohn: 7.1–7.3

Lee: 3.1-3.2

4

07.05.08

 

Korean Phonetics-II

Kabak

Sohn: 7.1–7.3

Lee: 3.1-3.2

5

14.05.08

Korean Phonology-I

Kabak

Sohn: 7.4

Lee: 3.3

6

21.05.08

Writing system-I: 

Letters and structure of graphical syllables

G.N.

Lee: 2.1-2.2.

Sohn: 6.3.1, 6.3.4

 

7

28.05.08

Writing system-II: 

phonology vs. graphic Romanization

G.N.

Sohn: 1.1 & 6.6

8

04.06.08

 

Korean Phonology-III: “Non-automatic” sound alternations, Prosody

Kabak

Sohn: 7.4.3-7.5

 

11.06.08

Mid-term test

Kabak

 


 

9

 

18.06.08

Words and parts of speech I:

Uninflected words체언(體言)

G.N

Lee: 4.1-4.2.3, 5.1.1.

Sohn: 8.1.1-8.1.4, 8.2 9.5, 9.7


 

10

 

25.06.08

Words and parts of speech II:

Inflected words (declinable) 용언 (用言)

 

G.N

Lee: 4.2.4, 5.2.1

Sohn: 8.1.5, 8.1.6, 9.8.4

11

02.07.08

Syntax: Verb affixation, final and non-final endings

G.N

Lee: 5.2.1-5.2.3, 6.1, 6.2

Sohn: 8.4.2-8.4.4, 9.8.1, 9.14.1.5

 

12

 

09.07.08

1. Negation

2. Aspectual constructions: - 있다, -/ 있다

3. Passive and Causative

 

G.N

Lee: 6.3, 6.4,

Sohn: 9.9, 9.10.3.3, 9.11,

13

16.07.08

Korean from a typological perspective-II

Plank

 

 

TBA

Final test

G.N./Plank