Handbook on the Korean Language and Literacy: Insights into Hangul and Text Processing

Hye K. Pae

ISBN 10: 3031880862 / ISBN 13: 9783031880865

Editore: Springer, Springer, 2025

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This handbook offers comprehensive insights into the language-writing nexus of the Korean alphabet, Hangul. Recognized by international linguists and historians as the most scientifically designed and efficient script, Hangul's uniqueness lies in its effective integration of the alphabetic principle into syllabic blocks. The volume challenges the dominant Eurocentric research trend by extending the body of knowledge to include Korean. The Korean alphabetis uniquely differentfrom the Chinese and Japanese writing systems and the Latin alphabet.The state-of-the-art reflections on the Korean language, its alphabet, and its processingare organizedinto five parts, including (1) spoken language and written language, (2) processing at thelexicallevel, (3) processing at the sentential level, (4) acquisition of Korean as L1 and L2, and (5) future directions in theory, methodology, pedagogy, and more.The volume is written by leading Korean and non-Korean specialists in relevant fields across the world. It discusses Hangul-specific theories, script-specific empirical evidence, and syllable-based pedagogical practices. With the current Korean cultural wave(a.k.a., Hallyu; e.g., K-pop, K-dramas, K-movies, etc.) spreadingacross the world, this Handbook is timely and serves as a signpost to future research and practice. This collection of chapters serves as an authoritative vade mecum, offering scientifically grounded discussions on the complex mechanisms involved in reading and text processing while remaining accessible to students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.

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• Titolo: Handbook on the Korean Language and Literacy: Insights into Hangul and Text Processing
• Editore: Springer, Springer
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3031880862
• ISBN 13: 9783031880865
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 241 L x 160 A x 42 P (millimetri) 241 millimetri di larghezza per 160 millimetri di altezza per 42 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 1160 grammi

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This handbook offers comprehensive insights into the language-writing nexus of the Korean alphabet, Hangul. Recognized by international linguists and historians as the most scientifically designed and efficient script, Hangul's uniqueness lies in its effective integration of the alphabetic principle into syllabic blocks. The volume challenges the dominant Eurocentric research trend by extending the body of knowledge to include Korean. The Korean alphabet is uniquely different from the Chinese and Japanese writing systems and the Latin alphabet. 

The state-of-the-art reflections on the Korean language, its alphabet, and its processing are organized into five parts, including (1) spoken language and written language, (2) processing at the lexical level, (3) processing at the sentential level, (4) acquisition of Korean as L1 and L2, and (5) future directions in theory, methodology, pedagogy, and more. The volume is written by leading Korean and non-Korean specialists in relevant fields across the world. It discusses Hangul-specific theories, script-specific empirical evidence, and syllable-based pedagogical practices. With the current Korean cultural wave (a.k.a., Hallyu; e.g., K-pop, K-dramas, K-movies, etc.) spreading across the world, this Handbook is timely and serves as a signpost to future research and practice. This collection of chapters serves as an authoritative vade mecum, offering scientifically grounded discussions on the complex mechanisms involved in reading and text processing while remaining accessible to students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.

Informazioni sull?autore

Hye K. Pae, Ph.D., is a Professor of applied linguistics and psycholinguistics at the University of Cincinnati, USA. She has been a lead author of numerous articles, two single-authored books (both with Springer), and a single-edited book (with John Benjamins). She has served as an editorial board member for several international journals. She is currently working as key personnel on two multi-million five-year grant projects funded by the US Department of Education.

Heather Winskel, Ph. D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology at James Cook University Singapore. She has been the lead author of numerous articles, book chapters, and an edited book on psycholinguistics (with CUP). She has also reviewed numerous articles for international journals and grant applications for various funding bodies.

Say Young Kim, Ph.D., is a Professor of Experimental Linguistics at Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea. He has published articles in the fields of psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics in various journals, including Brain and Language, Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, Journal of Neurolinguistics, and Behavior Research Methods. He has served as an editorial board member for Frontiers in Psychology: Cognitive Science and Korean Journal of Applied Linguistics. He has actively reviewed numerous articles for international journals and grant applications for the National Research Foundation of Korea.