SELECTED EARLY WESTERN
CONTRIBUTORS TO THE STUDY
OF THE KOREAN LANGUAGE
SELECTED EARLY WESTERN
CONTRIBUTORS TO THE STUDY
OF THE KOREAN LANGUAGE
Author(s): Pawel KidaSubject(s): Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: Korean language; John Ross; Félix-Clair Ridel; James Scott; Camille Imbault-Huart; Horace Grant Underwood; James Scarth Gale; and Annie Laurie Baird;
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to present Western scholars, five Christian mis-sionaries and two diplomats, who contributed to the development of the studyof Korean language and its rules of grammar. This examination includes a com-prehensive analysis and description of works published at that time by JohnRoss (1877, 1882), Félix-Clair Ridel (1881), James Scott (1887, 1893), CamilleImbault-Huart (1893), Horace Grant Underwood (1890, 1914), James ScarthGale (1894, 1903), and Annie Laurie Baird (1911), with a particular focus ontheir missionary or official foreign service activities, linguistic practices, gram-matical content, and the language of translation from Korean into a native lan-guage. These works played an essential role in the formation of further linguisticresearch in Korea.
Journal: Politeja - Pismo Wydziału Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
- Issue Year: XXII/2025
- Issue No: 95
- Page Range: 211-234
- Page Count: 24
- Language: English
