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INDEX
Nakdong River 2, 3
negative 110, 155
nominalization 140
nominative 33, 34, 36, 37, 44, 55, 58,
103, 109–12, 115, 122; neutral versus
honorific 110, 121–2, 146, 147, 148,
155
non-past tense 119
North Korea 1–3, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16,
17, 18, 19, 24, 60, 85, 86, 163– 4, 167,
171, 175– 6; illiteracy in 169; language
planning and policy in 169–71
noun 70–3, 78, 85, 86, 87, 112, 113,
115; bound or defective 72–3, 74, 82;
neutral-honorific distinction 20, 94 –5;
phrases 98–9, 101–3, 108–117, 118,
121, 130, 132, 135, 136, 137, 139,
143, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150,
152, 153, 154, 155; in third-person
pronouns 74
number 71; in English 72; in Korean
71–2; plural 71–2, 73, 88, 174
numerals 81–2
object 20, 101–2, 104, 108, 109, 112,
113, 115, 130, 137, 146, 150, 152,
153, 154
omission 144, 145, 150, 152–5
onomatopoeic expressions 80–1, 85
Original Form Principle 54–7
Paekche 4, 5, 16
Paektusan 2; see also Mt Paektu
palatal 26, 27, 28, 36, 37, 39; velar 26,
36
Parhae 5, 16; see also Bohai
particles 83, 85
parts of speech 70–83; see also word
classes
past tense 20, 71, 77, 118, 119, 136–7,
141, 159, 161
perpendicular writing 58–60
‘Phags-pa script 53– 4
phonology 22, 23
Phyocwune 24, 163; differences between
Munhwae and 171–5; see also
Standard South Korean
places of articulation: bilabial 26, 29;
dental 26, 37; glottal 26, 28; in
loanwords 42– 4
possessive 111; see also genitive
present tense 118, 136
pronoun, 71, 72, 73–7, 94, 155;
avoidance of 75–7; kin terms or titles
used in lieu of 75; neutral-humble
distinction 21; and topic particle
147–8
Pyongyang 2, 3, 8, 10, 14, 16, 163, 164,
170
Qing China 7
recipient 104, 114
regular sound correspondences 15
relative clause 136–9
relative pronoun 136
responders 143, 145, 155–6
retrospective 120–1, 137
Revised Romanization System 64–6
role-marking particles 20, 27, 33, 34,
37, 41, 58, 71, 73, 83, 99, 102, 103,
104, 106, 109–117, 133, 134, 143,
145, 146, 147, 152, 155; honorific and
neutral 99, 109
Roman alphabet 46, 63–4
romanization 47, 63–6, 167; and
personal names 64
Russia 1, 2, 3, 7, 15, 164
Sea of Japan 1, 2, 3, 4, 17; see also
Tonghay
semantics 92–3
semivowels 20, 32, 171, 174; in syllables
33–5, 51
sentence enders 21, 123; see also
sentence types and speech level
sentence types: command 117, 123, 124,
127, 162; proposal 117, 123, 124, 127;
question 40, 78–9, 117, 123, 124, 127,
162; statement 20, 40, 78, 117, 123,
127; see also sentence enders
Seoul 2, 3, 6, 8, 14, 24, 163, 164, 170
Shilla 4, 5, 16, 17; Unified 4, 5, 10, 16,
17, 18
Sino-Japanese words 84, 86, 165
Sino-Korean: words 18, 70, 83–90, 91,
152, 165, 166, 169, 171, 173, 174,
175–6; nativization of 167, 172;
numerals 81–2
social formulaic expression 144, 145,
155, 157–62
sound: adjustment 32, 35–9, 64–5;
patterns 1, 23, 87, 171; units 23, 25,
26, 65