Early Modern Korean
E808101
Early Modern Korean is the historical stage of the Korean language that developed after Middle Korean and served as a bridge toward the contemporary form of Korean.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historical stage of the Korean language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Pre-modern Korean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Joseon dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Korea under Japanese rule NERFINISHED ⓘ Korean Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
History of the Korean language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Korean language varieties ⓘ |
| chronologicalRole | bridge between Middle Korean and Modern Korean ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Middle Korean phonology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedInto | Standard Modern Korean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
missionary publications in Korean
ⓘ
newspapers of late 19th and early 20th century Korea ⓘ school textbooks of late Joseon and colonial period ⓘ |
| follows | Middle Korean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grammaticalFeature |
stabilization of sentence-final endings similar to Modern Korean
ⓘ
transition toward Modern Korean honorific system ⓘ |
| hasPart |
early 20th-century vernacular Korean
ⓘ
late 19th-century vernacular Korean ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary Korean dialects
ⓘ
standard Seoul Korean ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Classical Chinese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japanese language (during colonial period) ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Koreanic languages ⓘ |
| lexicalChange |
early adoption of Japanese loanwords
ⓘ
emergence of Western loanwords ⓘ influx of Sino-Korean vocabulary ⓘ |
| linguisticContinuity | shares core grammar with Modern Korean ⓘ |
| orthographicFeature |
gradual simplification of spelling toward phonemic principles
ⓘ
mixed-script texts combining Hangul and Hanja ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
ongoing merger of certain vowel contrasts
ⓘ
reduction of Middle Korean pitch accent system ⓘ |
| precedes | Modern Korean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Korean Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptReform | increased use of Hangul in official and popular texts ⓘ |
| sociolinguisticContext |
coexistence of classical written Chinese and vernacular Korean
ⓘ
rise of mass literacy through Hangul print culture ⓘ |
| standardizationProcess |
basis for later North Korean standard language
ⓘ
basis for later South Korean standard language ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Korean philology
ⓘ
historical Korean linguistics ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ late Joseon period ⓘ |
| usedIn | Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Hangul
ⓘ
Hanja NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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