THE KOREAN LANGUAGE
      The Korean language is ranked eleventh amongst the languages of the world
      in terms of numbers of speakers. Korean is now studied as an important
      foreign language in an increasing number of countries. This book provides a
      good overview of the language, written in a readable way without neglecting
      any major structural aspects of the language. Furthermore, the book explains
      the geographical, historical, social and cultural context of the language.
       The Korean Language is designed to be accessible to English-speaking
      learners of Korean and scholars working in disciplines other than linguistics,
      as well as serving as a useful introduction for general linguists. The book
      complements Korean language textbooks used in the classroom and will be
      welcomed not only by readers with a wider interest in Korean studies, but
      also by Asian specialists in general.
      Jae Jung Song teaches linguistics at the University of Otago, New Zealand.
      He has contributed to international journals including, Lingua, Linguistics,
      Journal of Pragmatics and Oceanic Linguistics. He is the author of Causatives
      and Causation (1996) and Linguistic Typology: Morphology and Syntax (2001).
      He is also co-editor, with Anna Siewierska, of Case, Typology and Grammar
      (1998).
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             THE KOREAN
               LANGUAGE
             Structure, use and context
                Jae Jung Song
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