Korean grammar for international learners
by Ihm, Ho Bin, Hong, Kyung Pyo, Chang, Suk In ; translated by Kyung-Sig Samuel Lee
Seoul, Korea : Yonsei University Press, c2001.
xx, 442 p.
ISBN: 8971415541
Other authors/contributors
Chang, Suk-in | Hong, Kyong p`yo
Reviews from Amazon
#1
While living in Korea I studied the langauge. Initially it was pretty easy to get decent reference books for learning Hangeul, basic vocab and basic level of skills. Beyond that level however, there are few resources. This book is very well written and covers all the Korean grammar you will probably need to know (unless you get really advanced). It's clearly written, easy to access and has lots of examples and some fill-ins.
Again, essential for students of Korean interested in going past "basic" level and into "intermediate".
# 2
Accessible Reference Grammar
This fills a need for anyone struggling to assimilate Korean Grammar. The authors are authoritative, and they based the book on Korean school grammar, which emphasizes common usage while including sufficient detail. A chapter is devoted to each part of speech or phrase structure, and each section includes a paragraph on meaning and usage, followed by examples. To make learning easier, each chapter progresses from basic to complex forms. The English is clear, and all example sentences have English translations. The separate workbook is useful, but the examples already cover a great deal.
For instance, Chapter 16 covers quoted speech. The first page describes the types of quoted speech, direct and indirect, and gives a number of example sentences. It then addresses each type, and breaks these down further into declarative, interrogative, imperative, and proposative forms. A table outlines these forms, followed by sections with example sentences for each. Further special cases are left for later paragraphs, including abbreviations of the basic forms. The chapter totals 26 pages, but the main ideas can be grasped in the first three or four.
This book will work well for people who have progressed to at least a modest level in vocabulary and basic sentence patterns, but need more complete and collected information than the "bite-sized" lessons that textbooks provide. Of the grammar books I considered (at Youngpoong and Kyobo bookstores in Seoul), this appeared to be the best.
#3
The best single-source reference guide on Korean Grammar
I just wanted to let everyone out there yearning to learn or improve their Korean in on this amazing little book. It's chock full of grammar...without going into too much detail (sorry, I'm pressed for time), I can honestly say that with over 30 Korean language books in my collection, this is one that I keep going back to again and again.
Don't miss out on the workbook edition, which gives you practice on all the grammar points covered in this textbook.
http://ifile.it/cuwitrn/Ihm_2001.pdf
