Includes bibliographical references (pages 448-450) and indexes.
Front Cover; Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction to the Korean language; 1.1 Characteristic features of Korean; 1.1.1 Word classes; 1.1.2 Word order: Korean as an SOV language; 1.1.2.1 Flexible word order; 1.1.2.2 The postpositional characteristic of Korean; 1.1.2.3 The position of complements; 1.1.2.4 Interrogative word order; 1.1.3 An intricate system of honorific categories; 1.1.4 Korean as an elliptical language; 1.2 Korean script and pronunciation; 1.2.1 Basic principles of Hangul writing; 1.2.1.1 Letter names and dictionary order