Elementary Korean: Second Edition (Includes Access to Website for Native Speaker Audio Recordings)

by Ross King Ph.D., Jaehoon Yeon Ph.D.

Overview

This is a comprehensive and detailed introductory Korean textbook and language learning package.

Korean is now the 11th most popular language taught at American universities. This new edition of Elementary Korean, the most comprehensive and detailed introductory Korean textbook available, offers beginning learners of Korean everything they need to learn the language effectively. Perfect for a first-year university-level course use or the independent language learner. No prior knowledge of the language is necessary.

The new format, now with dozens of illustrations, presents Korean vocabulary and Korean grammar in an accessible and understandable manner while extensive conversations and exercises help to reinforce the Korean language and build reading and listening comprehension.

This edition includes:

• Downloadable companion audio with native speaker recordings and a dedicated website.
• Rich and highly nuanced examples with brand new illustrations.
• Grammar notes
• Ample writing exercises with an accompanying answer key.
• Detailed examples of authentic dialogue.
• Plenty of writing practice.

Dialogues, reading texts, and written exercises are in Hangul, the Korean alphabet, so students are quickly able to read and write authentic Korean. Layered lessons are designed to build on each other, making Korean easy to learn from the most popular introductory Korean language textbook available.

Included is downloadable revised audio that helps learners to speak like a native and a web-based practice component through the University of British Columbia that can help students to learn Korean even beyond the pages of this book. According to the Modern Language Association, enrollment in Korean in American universities is increasing rapidly.

Available separately is the companion Elementary Korean Workbook, which assists learners in practicing and polishing their Korean language skills. Each lesson supplements the corresponding lesson in the textbook. There are ten activities per lesson, offering a range of exercises and practice opportunities to enable you to achieve proficiency in everyday, conversational Korean.

All media content is accessible on the Tuttle Publishing website.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780804844987
Publisher:	Tuttle Publishing
Publication date:	06/03/2014
Edition description:	Paperback with disc
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	188,131
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Ross King, Ph.D., is Professor of Korean and Head of the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia. He completed his B.A. in Linguistics at Yale and his doctorate in Linguistics (Korean) at Harvard. Dr. King taught Korean language and linguistics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, from 1990 to 1994, before accepting his current position. Dr. King's research interests range from Korean historical grammar, dialectology and pedagogy to the language, culture and history of the ethnic Korean minority in the former Soviet Union. He also serves as Dean of the Korean Language Village at Concordia Language Villages, a Korean language and culture summer immersion program for young people ages 7 to 18 that is based in northern Minnesota.

Jaehoon Yeon, Ph.D., is Professor of Korean Language and Linguistics and Chair of the Centre of Korean Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. He is the author of Korean Grammatical Constructions: Their Form and Meaning (Saffron Books, London) and the co-author of Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge), Complete Korean: Teach Yourself (Hodder Education) and Integrated Korean: Advanced I, II (University of Hawaii Press). He has published many articles on Korean grammar and linguistics. He has been teaching Korean language and linguistics at SOAS since 1989. Dr. Yeon's research interests include a wide range of Korean linguistics (especially morpho-syntax) and linguistic typology, Korean language pedagogy, and translation.

Table of Contents

	Preface	xii
	About this Book	xv
	Cast of Characters in the Book	xxii
Lesson 1	Basic Expressions	1
	Basic Expressions: Korean Script	1
	Basic Expressions: Transcription	3
	Guide to the Phonetic Transcription System in Lessons One to Four	6
	Lesson Notes	7
1.1.	Styles of Speech	7
1.2.	Word Classes	8
	Exercises	10
Lesson 2	More Basic Expressions	12
	Basic Expressions (II): Korean Script	12
	Basic Expressions (II): Transcription	14
	Lesson Notes	16
2.1.	Korean Sentence Patterns	16
2.2.	Korean Names	17
	Exercises	21
Lesson 3	Korean Writing and Basic Pronunciation	24
	[characters not reproducible] The Korean Writing System	24
	The Vowels	25
	The Consonants	27
	More on the Three-way Consonants	30
	The Alphabet in a Dictionary	31
1.	Republic of Korea (South Korea)	32
2.	Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)	33
	How to Write Korean	34
	Stroke Orders	34
	Structure of Written Syllables	36
	Structure of Pronounced Syllables	37
	Exercises	39
Lesson 4	Further Pronunciation Guidelines	44
4.1.	Automatic Voicing of Plain [characters not reproducible]	44
4.2.	Non-release of Final Consonants	45
4.3.	The Gang of Seven: [characters not reproducible]	45
4.4.	Other Gang of Seven Situations	46
4.5.	When the Gang of Seven Gets Up Your Nose	47
4.6.	Peculiarities of the Korean [characters not reproducible]	48
4.7.	Automatic Doubling	49
4.8.	Leapfrogging [characters not reproducible]	50
4.9.	Pronunciation of [characters not reproducible] before i	50
4.10.	Long and Short Vowels	50
4.11.	The Names of the Korean Letters	51
	Exercises: Pronunciation	52
Lesson 5	This is my wife	54
	Korean Dialogues	54
	Vocabulary	57
	Lesson Notes	59
5.1.	Pronouns in Korean	59
5.2.	Sentence Subjects and Topics	60
5.3.	The Copula and Equational Sentences	64
5.4.	The Particle [characters not reproducible]: too, also, even	65
5.5.	Expressing Possession with the Particle [characters not reproducible]	66
5.6.	Nouns	68
	Exercises	70
Lesson 6	Excuse me, but where is the Plaza Hotel?	73
	Korean Dialogues	73
	Vocabulary	75
	Lesson Notes	78
6.1.	Existence and Location with [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible]	78
6.2.	Possession with [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible]	80
6.3.	Location Particle [characters not reproducible] in, at	81
6.4.	The Particle [characters not reproducible] and, with	82
6.5.	Place Nouns	82
6.6.	More about the Topic Particle [characters not reproducible]	85
6.7.	Answering Negative Questions	85
6.8.	The Plural Marker [characters not reproducible]	86
	Exercises	88
Lesson 7	Where do they sell tickets to Taejon?	92
	Korean Dialogues	92
	Vocabulary	94
	Lesson Notes	97
7.1.	Verbs: The Polite Style and the Infinitive	97
7.2.	Korean Verbs with Consonant Bases	99
7.3.	The Dictionary Form of Korean Verbs	100
7.4.	Three Types of Special Consonant Base	100
7.5.	Korean Verbs with Vowel Bases	101
7.6.	The Direct Object Particle [characters not reproducible]	104
7.7.	Particles of Direction: to, from	106
7.8.	Static and Dynamic Location	107
7.9.	Using Location To Express Possession	109
7.10.	Different Kinds of Verbs	109
7.11.	More on the Particle [characters not reproducible]	111
7.12.	Placement of Manner Adverbs	112
	Exercises	112
Lesson 8	Aren't you taking any other subjects?	119
	Korean Dialogues	119
	Vocabulary	121
	Lesson Notes	125
8.1.	Verbs: Short Negatives with [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible]	125
	Pronunciation of [characters not reproducible]	126
8.2.	Verbs: Honorifics	128
8.2.1.	The Honorific Marker [characters not reproducible]	128
8.2.2.	The Honorific Polite Style: [characters not reproducible]	129
8.3.	Verbal Nouns: Processive and Descriptive	133
8.3.1.	Separable Verbal Nouns (Processive)	133
8.3.1.1.	Using [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible] with Separable Verbal Nouns (Processive)	134
8.3.2.	Nonseparable Verbal Nouns (Descriptive)	135
8.4.	More on Adverbs	135
8.5.	More New Particles: Instrumental [characters not reproducible]	137
8.6.	More New Particles: [characters not reproducible] and	138
8.7.	Particle Sequences	139
	Exercises	140
Lesson 9	Did you have a good weekend?	145
	Korean Dialogues	144
	Vocabulary	147
	Lesson Notes	151
9.1.	Verbs: Past Tense	151
9.1.1.	Past Tense, Polite Style	151
9.1.2.	Past and Past-Past	153
9.1.3.	Past Tense, Honorific Polite Style	153
9.2.	The Particle [characters not reproducible] and	155
9.3.	Ways To Say (together) with	156
9.4.	Ways To Say like	156
9.4.1.	The Particle [characters not reproducible]	156
9.4.2.	The Verb [characters not reproducible]	157
9.5.	The Purposive Form [characters not reproducible]	157
9.6.	Expressing Wishes with [characters not reproducible]	158
	Exercises	161
Lesson 10	Review 1	166
10.1.	Vocabulary Review	166
10.2.	Particle Review	169
10.3.	Verb Review	171
10.4.	Sentence Review	174
10.5.	Korean Conversations	179
Lesson 11	I'm 21. I was born in 1976	181
	Korean Dialogues	181
	Vocabulary	183
	Lesson Notes	186
11.1.	Numbers and Counting	186
11.2.	Numerals in Time Expressions	196
11.2.1.	Telling the Time	196
11.2.2.	Dates	197
11.2.3.	Telephone Numbers	198
11.3.	Four New Particles: [characters not reproducible]	199
11.3.1.	[characters not reproducible] each, every	199
11.3.2.	[characters not reproducible] only, just	199
11.3.3.	[characters not reproducible] per, apiece	200
11.3.4.	[characters not reproducible] about, approximately, by	201
11.4.	The Particles [characters not reproducible] from and [characters not reproducible] to	202
11.5.	Formal Style	203
	Exercises	207
Lesson 12	I like plays, but I don't like concerts much	212
	Korean Dialogues	212
	Vocabulary	214
	Lesson Notes	219
12.1.	Verbs: Suspective Form [characters not reproducible]	219
12.2.	Uses of the Suspective [characters not reproducible]	220
12.2.1.	Any Base plus [characters not reproducible] but	220
12.2.2.	Long Negatives in [characters not reproducible]	221
12.2.3.	Negative Commands and Suggestions in [characters not reproducible]	224
12.2.4.	Negative Honorifics	226
12.3.	The Particle [characters not reproducible]: Noun Agreement	226
12.4.	Suggestions and Tentative Questions with [characters not reproducible]	227
12.5.	Thinking of Doing ... with [characters not reproducible]	230
12.6.	The Adverb [characters not reproducible], Particle [characters not reproducible], and Pseudo-particle [characters not reproducible]	231
12.6.1.	Adverb [characters not reproducible] versus Particle [characters not reproducible]	231
12.6.2.	The Particle [characters not reproducible]	231
12.7.	More Ways To Say or	235
12.8.	The Wanna Form in [characters not reproducible]	236
12.9.	Meanings for [characters not reproducible] and Related Words	237
	Exercises	238
Lesson 13	I just called a moment ago, but nobody answers	243
	Korean Dialogues	243
	Vocabulary	245
	Lesson Notes	249
13.1.	Verbs: the Sequential Form [characters not reproducible]	249
13.1.1.	[characters not reproducible] As, Since, Because	249
13.1.2.	[characters not reproducible] When ..., (I realized or discovered ...)	250
13.2.	Honorifics: Nouns and Particles	251
13.2.1.	Nouns	251
13.2.2.	Particles	251
13.3.	Kinship Terms	252
13.4.	Probable Futures with [characters not reproducible]	254
13.4.1.	Probable Futures in [characters not reproducible] on Plain Bases	254
13.4.2.	Probable Futures in [characters not reproducible] on Past Bases	256
13.5.	Rhetorical Retorts in [characters not reproducible]	257
13.6.	Is doing with [characters not reproducible]	258
13.7.	As soon as with [characters not reproducible]	261
	Exercises	261
Lesson 14	Tongdaemun Market is probably the best, right?	268
	Korean Dialogues	268
	Vocabulary	271
	Lesson Notes	274
14.1.	Ways to Say only: [characters not reproducible] plus Affirmative, [characters not reproducible] plus Negative	274
14.2.	Another Use of [characters not reproducible] as many as	275
14.3.	Expressions for Going and Coming	276
14.4.	Verbs: Future-Presumptives in [characters not reproducible]	277
14.4.1.	How to Attach [characters not reproducible]	277
14.4.2.	Meaning and Usage of [characters not reproducible]	278
14.5.	Verbs: Past-Future and Past-Past	281
14.6.	Immediate Futures in [characters not reproducible]	283
14.7.	Synopsis: Types of Base and Types of Future	284
14.7.1.	Types of Base	284
14.7.2.	Types of Future	284
14.7.3.	A Reminder about First-, Second- and Third-Person with [characters not reproducible]	287
14.8.	Suppositives in [characters not reproducible]	288
14.9.	Synopsis: Compatibility of [characters not reproducible] with Endings Previously Learned	290
	Exercises	290
Lesson 15	Review 2	295
	Review of Lesson Notes	295
15.1.	Verb Forms: Summary	295
15.1.1.	Verb Bases	295
15.1.2.	Verb Endings	301
	Review Exercises	307
	Vocabulary Review	307
	Particle Review	309
	Honorifics	311
	Autobiographical Sketch	311
	The Formal Style	312
	Review of Numbers	313
	Korean to English Translation	314
	English to Korean Translation	315
	Reference Section
	Korean to English Vocabulary	317
	English to Korean Vocabulary	332
	Korean to English Pattern Glossary	349
	English to Korean Pattern Glossary	355
	English Equivalents to the Korean Dialogues	363
	Answer Key to Written Exercises	370

Editorial Reviews

"Elementary Korean is the golden standard for learning Korean. It is the most thorough and all-round introduction to Korean that I know of. The logical structure makes it easy to follow." —Perapera Language Tools blog

"So far the best books I've seen for self-study seem to be King and Yeon's Elementary Korean. They come with CD's the workbook comes with an answer key, they get great reviews, and in general, they should serve you well for taking you through the basics on your own." —Fluentforever.com blog

"The explanations of grammar are very easy to understand and very thorough. The vocabulary lists are very good as well. I just highly recommend these books because they are very easy to understand, nice hardback books with a good binding, include an audio cd, and also present good vocabulary and grammar." —Learnkoreanlangauge.com blog

"Comes with CD and the beginning hits you with the basics: simple phrases and hangul. Each lesson builds upon the grammar you've learned in the previous lesson, so it's not hard. Well organized and easy to get through." —Linguajunkie.com blog

"The layout makes for a digestible read; each chapter begins with a dialogue and vocabulary list, followed by grammar points and exercises. The chapters are spattered with side notes that warn about common mistakes and caveats in a given lesson. I also have the accompanying workbook, which gives a lot of good practice." —Goodreads

"I like this book because it explains the 'how' and 'when' when it comes to proper usage of Korean language grammar." —Saranghae Korean blog

"I would definitely recommend this book to serious independent learners and teachers who are giving Beginner level classes." —Language Trainers blog

"Elementary Korean's clear, in-depth treatment will undoubtedly propel the beginner learner forward in their quest to master the Korean language…" —Loving Korean blog

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