I observe many structures such as phonology and grammar within the Korean language. I see phonology in the way people use the Korean consonants. Korean consonants, separated into different classes, contain plain and tense sounds to create meaning. Some of the words that Koreans use sound similar, but contain different meanings because words are created through these different classes. Grammar is also present in the Korean language. Like English, Korean contains several classes of substantives such as nouns and pronouns. In addition, Korean utilizes action verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, and other grammatical rules that are used in English. I observed these structures while reading news articles and Korean variety shows.
Combining different disciplinary perspectives to create a holistic approach is important for the study of Korean. Phonology creates sound patterns that are derived from phonetics and acts as a building block for us to create words using those complex patterns. Simply put, these sounds help us to create words and arrange them in a way to create meaning. I apply these concepts to differentiate words that sound similar but contain different meaning. Furthermore, I prefer understanding grammar and syntax over phonology and phonetics because the latter group is the most basic form of language. I think my knowledge of Korean is decent enough to move on from simple sounds to concrete words and sentence structures.
With my knowledge of language structures, I will learn more vocabulary words from news articles so that I can eventually write and speak in complex sentence structures.
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