The reading was very helpful breaking down the parts of language but also as a tool to help identify which target area I need to study and understand more. Language can be very complex and interconnected with various parts, that as language speakers and users, we forget the beauty and difficulties of language learning. It it also very easy to confuse each part and remember what the individual parts entail, before it becomes part of a different methology.
I would like to expand my knowledge to more applied lingustics and understanding the symatics of Korean in the long future. However, my current focus would be on mastering the phonology and syntax, since my main focus is to practice speaking and writing. In Korean I've observed many segmental phonology, since the Korean alphabet functions as a combination of syllabus and consonants. I've been relearning the alphabet and it's phonology and found myself struggling the 의 or (ui) letter because it's sounds slightly different when used with different consonants. My brain also occasionaly gets overwhelmed when I see the ㅔ (or e) letter. As someone who has learnt many languages the sound for E can be very distinct but similar, so my brain has to go through the Spanish, English, Korean and Chinese phonetics to make that specific E sound. Morphology is also a piece that is very interesting because it is intertwined with phonetics. It've learned that in Korean, phonetically words (Morphology) can sound very different from the way they are written. You can verbally say it a certain way but when you write it, there can phonetically be three or more spellings since the alphabet sounds are very similar. For example the ㅐ,ㅔ,의 all sound identical but unless you have prior writing knowledge or a native speaker, you need to immerse yousrelf in writing and reading practice to know which one to use.
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