| From : jisyoon (윤 진수) Date : Fri Nov 13 22:27:28 1992 Subject: Korean Alphabet Day 한글에 관한 내용의 mail입니다. 윤 진수 -- ========== ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 13:47:58 -0600 Sender: The LINGUIST Discussion List <LINGUIST%TAMVM1.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU> >From: The Linguist List <linguist@tamsun.tamu.edu> Subject: 3.885 Korean Alphabet Day To: Multiple recipients of list LINGUIST <LINGUIST@TAMVM1.BITNET> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Linguist List: Vol-3-885. Tue 10 Nov 1992. Lines: 56 Subject: 3.885 Korean Alphabet Day -------------------------Messages-------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 16:36:36 +0100 >From: HASPELMATH@philologie.fu-berlin.dbp.de Subject: Korean Alphabet Day: October 9th Korean Alphabet Day (Hangul Nal in Korean) is on October 9th. It commemorates the publication of the Korean national alphabet, which was invented in 1443 and published in 1446 by King Sejong (Yi dynasty) and a group of scholars that he entrusted with this task ("Institute of Correct Sounds"). The unique feature of the Korean alphabet is that it is directly iconic. The basic shapes of the consonants are based on the shapes of the speech organs when the sounds are being pronounced. Even distinctive features were recognized. It is thus a superb achievement of linguistic science, anticipating modern phonology by several centuries. Since the Korean alphabet is so much easier to learn than the Chinese characters that had been the only writing system before, The Korean alphabet (Hangul) also had the effect of democratizing writing. Hangul Day was observed as a national holiday in Korea for several decades, but, deplorably, it was abolished last year by the authorities. In Chicago, Hangul Day is an important event for the linguistics community, because Jim McCawley holds a Hangul Day party every year, with lots of Korean, Japanese and Chinese food. ... Martin Haspelmath, Free University of Berlin ---------------------------------------------------------------- |