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Diaspora Varieties of Korean: Morpho-syntactic Contrasts in Koryo Mar and Vernacular Yanbian Korean

Barnes-Sadler, Simon; Yeon, Jaehoon

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Simon Barnes-Sadler



Abstract

This paper identifies and examines numerous points of morpho-syntactic contrast in two transplanted varieties of Korean—Central Asian Koryo Mar (KM) and Chinese Vernacular Yanbian Korean (VYK). This allows us to evaluate implicit claims made about the synchronic forms of these dialects, for example those concerning their relationship to peninsula varieties of Korean, and also provides insights into the factors underlying the development of languages in transplanted contexts. The main findings of this paper confirm that KM and VYK's shared features, such as particle forms and verb endings, are strongly associated with the North Hamgyeong and Yukchin varieties of Korean and their common dialectological origins in the North East of the Korean peninsula. The longevity of these features suggests a ‘founder effect’ in the development of these transplanted varieties.

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Barnes-Sadler, S., & Yeon, J. (2019). Diaspora Varieties of Korean: Morpho-syntactic Contrasts in Koryo Mar and Vernacular Yanbian Korean. Lingua: An International Review of General Linguistics, 231, Article 102742. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2019.102742

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 26, 2019
Online Publication Date Sep 27, 2019
Publication Date Sep 27, 2019
Deposit Date Oct 1, 2019
Publicly Available Date Oct 1, 2019
Print ISSN 0024-3841
Electronic ISSN 1872-6135
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 231
Article Number 102742
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2019.102742
Keywords Korean, Dialectology, Koryo Mar, Yanbian Korean

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