I would like to investigate the history of Korean. Most languages have very similar sister languages and clear parent languages, but Korean seems to be a language isolate. I am very interested in learning more about the way the language came about and was formed. Furthermore, I would like to learn more about the origin of imnida (입니다). Even though I am able to speak three other languages, German, English, and Spanish, I have never seen a sentence component that is used in almost every single sentence. Every language has recurring themes and words need to be conjugated which might lead to similar sentence structures, but none of the ones I have seen so far are recurring as often and are as easily spottable as imnida (입니다). Lastly, I would investigate morphemes in Korean. There have been multiple occurences of me asking my tutor whether two similar word endings were related, but they were not. Being able to spot recurring partials would help me to better understand the meaning of some words, therefore, I would like to learn more about recurring partials, especially in comparison to insignificant recurrence.
I would go about investigating all of these interesting aspects of Korean by becoming more fluent in the language. This would help me to increase my understanding of the language and the culture. I would then study old Korean artifacts that hopefully shed some light on the origin of the language and even some patterns, like imnida (입니다). Lastly, I would like to conduct in-person research by living in a Korean town, interviewing people, and learning more about the language from them.
Comments
These are some very interesting ideas! I didn't know you were already knowledgeable in three languages. Studying/Living in Korea would be a great way to become fluent, although I'm not sure how many native speakers just know the history of their language (I sure don't know the history of English)