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Transeurasian languages: are Japanese and Korean related?

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by Darren Southcott on 6 December, 2009

in Conference reports, Language, SOAS

Darren Southcott reports from the SOAS seminar given by Dr Martine Robbeets on 20 November: “Korean and the Transeurasian languages: similarities that make a difference”. With additional material from Peter Corbishley
Korean and the Transeurasian languages was not the title of a talk designed to bring in the crowds. But slowly SOAS room G50 filled up [...]

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January-March Korean class season at the KCC

3 December 2009 Events news
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Next term’s Korean language courses at the KCC are open for subscription:
APPLICATION DEADLINE: by Wednesday 9th December 2009, 10am. via Email only
1. NEW STUDENTS FOR BEGINNERS 1: Wednesday 9th December 2009, 10am
This is for new absolute beginner students who have not studied at KCC before.
2. CONTINUING STUDENTS: Wednesday 25th November ~ 5th December 2009
This is [...]

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Korean and the Transeurasian languages: similarities that make a difference

17 November 2009 Events news
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More info about this Friday’s talk at SOAS:
Friday, November 20th, 5pm, room G50 (main building)
Dr. Martine Robbeets, University of Mainz
Korean and the Transeurasian languages: similarities that make a difference
Abstract:
The term “Transeurasian” refers a group of geographically adjacent languages, stretching from Japan in the East to Lithuania in the West, that share a significant amount [...]

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Learning Korean with Alud: part 3

29 September 2009 Language
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Did anybody else go to the Thames Festival the other week? I was tied up during the day, but managed to get to the Scoop not long before the screening of the Good The Bad and The Weird. Luckily before that I managed to catch the last 10 minutes or so of Sorea, where I [...]

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Learning Korean with Alud: part 2

15 September 2009 Language
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Here’s a quick tip. A couple of weekends ago I found myself back in Seoul on a very last minute trip. So last minute in fact that I found out on the Saturday morning that I needed to go, and left that afternoon.
After arriving on the Sunday, a quick sleep and then dinner, I’d decided [...]

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Learning Korean with Alud: part 1

18 August 2009 Language
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So I walked into a restaurant and this ajumma put her arm around me all smiles and started talking to me like we had known each other forever.
I’ve been fortunate enough to travel a bit, and picked up bits of languages here and there and always, always tried to pick up the basics of a [...]

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Fun summer language classes

5 July 2009 Events news
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Notice of some innovative language classes this summer at the Cultural Centre. Particularly fun is “Korean through TV Dramas”, which will take an episode of a Korean soap and walk you through the key colloquialisms and vocabulary. Both of the courses will be very popular, so get your application in soon.
SEJONG INSTITUTE
Summer Special Courses
(세종학당)
Application [...]

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Learn Korean in a London pub

8 March 2009 Bars & noraebang
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Want to learn Korean in a fun and informal environment? Details of language classes in a London Korean pub

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An introduction to Hangeul – part 2

2 March 2009 History & heritage
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The second of two articles by Matthew Jackson on the Korean script

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An introduction to Hangeul – part 1

22 February 2009 History & heritage
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Matthew Jackson introduces Korea’s remarkable alphabet

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Beginners’ Korean at the KCC – Season 2

2 September 2008 Events news
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The KCC has just opened registration for the next round of Korean language classes for beginners. The first season was two times oversubscribed, so here’s the opportunity for those who missed out last time round.
In the second season, the beginners’ classes are Saturday mornings at 11am. Those who are currently in the beginners’ class can, [...]

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Honorifics at the KCC

15 August 2008 Events news
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Lucien Brown has been leading the beginners’ Korean Language class at the KCC with infinite patience and good humour for the past eight weeks. Some of us are still struggling with telling the time in Korean but we still come back for more.
We’ll be getting an extra dose of our favourite 선생님 next week: he [...]

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Linguistics conference at SOAS

5 August 2008 Language

A bargain three-day conference begins at SOAS this Thursday.
Full details here.
A bit beyond me I’m afraid. I’m still struggling with my counting words.

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Korean language classes at the KCC

4 June 2008 KCCUK

A good-value way to start learning Korean:
The Korean Cultural Centre UK embarks on its first Korean language programme for beginners on Wednesday 25 June in the Centre. This course is a social education facility that teaches the language and culture of Korea to people in the UK and overseas Koreans who wish to learn the [...]

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Hangeul: the amazing Korean alphabet

8 April 2008 LKL.tv

Courtesy of Arirang TV, here’s a 20 minute video about Korea’s unique script.

This is my first experiment with self-hosted video. Please leave a comment below if you are unable to view this properly, saying which browser (and version) you are using.

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