| Choo: Handbk of Korean Voc Paper Contributor(s): Choo, Miho (Author), O'Grady, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0824817389 ISBN-13: 9780824817381 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press OUR PRICE: $85.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Study Aids - Foreign Language Study | Korean - Foreign Language Study | Southeast Asian Languages (see Also Vietnamese) |
| Dewey: 495.782 |
| LCCN: 95038076 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.67 lbs) 420 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Vocabulary learning is the single most important component of second-language acquisition. In cases where the second language is unrelated to the learner's native tongue, this task presents special challenges because there are typically few clues in a word's form to assist in learning and remembering its meaning. This book offers a solution to this problem for students of Korean. The Handbook is the first ever root dictionary of Korean designed for second-language learners. Useful for students at all levels, it contains more than 1,500 vocabulary lists consisting of words built from a shared root. These lists offer a unique and efficient way for students to acquire new words. Upon encountering a word, students can consult the lists for its component roots and discover many other semantically related words built from the same elements. An introduction provides an overview of Korean vocabulary and detailed instructions on how to use the word lists. A pronunciation guide outlines the major principles determining the pronunciation of compounds and other multipart words in Korean. |
Contributor Bio(s): O'Grady, William: - William O'Grady is professor of linguistics at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.Choo, Miho: - Miho Choo teaches Korean at the University of Texas at Austin. |