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August 11, 2008
So Young Kim
School of Humanities & Social SciencesKAIST
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KoreanHistory
Old Dynasties
Modern Period
Great People in Korean History
KoreanLanguage
Introduction
Spoken Language
Writing System, Hangul
KoreanCulture
Cultural Symbols & Artifacts
Cultural Practices
Korea Holidays
Korean Values?
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Beginning
Old Dynasties
Modern Period
Great People in Korean History
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Japanese Occupation (1910-45)
Liberation/independence & American MilitaryAdministration (1945-48)
Foundation of the South Korean government(1948)
Korean War (1950-53)
Division of the Peninsula
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Introduction
Spoken Language
Writing System, Hangul
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Spoken by about 80 million
Gugeo (=national language), Chosono, Goryeomal
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Used the Korean and Chinese
writing system in parallel
Created by King Sejong the Great
in 1446 with promulgation of
Hunminjeongeum (ProperPhonetics to Instruct the People)
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Lets Learn the
Korean Alphabet!
Also, how to read
and write Korean.
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Native Korean words: 35%
Sino-Korean words: 50-65%
hakkyo (school) can be written as or
Other words: 5% (mostly originated from
English)
Korean words popularized in English kimchi, taekwondo, bibimbap, soju
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Perhaps easier for Japanese than for Westerners
to learn Korean
Category IV language according to the U.S.
Defense Language Institute, requiring 63 weeks
of instruction (compared to 25 weeks for
French or Spanish) to obtain a limited level of
proficiency
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Order of speech: SOV
We bought interesting books vs. We interesting
books bought (Korean)
We went to school vs. We to school went (Korean)
Lack of number
No distinction between two teachers and two
teacher Lack of articles (a, the)
I ate an apple vs. I ate apple (Korean)
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Infrequent use of gender
Lack of relative pronouns
Extensive range of honorifics
Anyung vs. An-yung-haseo (Hello or good morning)
Bob vs. Jinji (dinner or meal)
Different forms of you depending on the
relationship of the addresser and addressee
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Cultural Symbols & Artifacts
Cultural PracticesKorean Holidays
Korean Values?
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HanbokWorn on traditional holidays
Modern variations
Kimchi Made of baechu (Chinese cabbage)
with salt, garlic, chili peppers, etc.
Gimjangcheol (month for kimchi-making
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Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day, 8/15)
Seol (New Years Day, 1/1)
Hansik (105 days after Dongji) Dano (5/5)
Sambok (3 bok days - hottest period)
Chilseok (7/7)
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Samiljeol (Independence Movement Day), March 1st
Commemorates the Declaration of Independence proclaimed on March 1st,1919 during the Japanese Colonial Rule
Arbor Day,April 5th
Coincides with Hansik on non-leap years
Liberation Day, August 15th
Commemorates Independence of Korea from Japan (1945) & the
establishment of the Korean government (1948)
Constitution Day, July 17th
Commemorates the proclamation of the Korean Constitution (1948)
National Foundation Day, October 3rd
Commemorates the foundation ofGojoseon
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Centrality of family & parents (filial piety)
Emphasis on education & work ethic
Any others?
Lets check whether Koreans really hold Korean
values using real survey data!
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If you get any after class, youre welcome
to email it to soyoungkim@kaist.ac.kr.
Tomorrows lecture is on Korean politics/economy/society.
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