Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2007

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• Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: H. Fähnrich
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  • This dictionary offers a complete compilation and a historical-comparative reflection of the hereditary lexis of the Kartvelian (South Caucasian) language family. The dictionary contains a wealth of new lexical entries, corrections of earlier attempts and new reconstructions.

• Koguryo: The Language of Japan’s Continental Relatives

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: C.I. Beckwith
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  • This book describes the Koguryo language, which was once spoken in Manchuria and Korea, including Koguryo and Japanese ethnolinguistic history, Koguryo’s genetic relationship to Japanese, Koguryo phonology, and the Koguryo lexicon. It also analyzes the phonology of archaic Northeastern Chinese.

• Korea Yearbook (2007)

  • Type: E-Book
  • Editors Rüdiger Frank; Jim Hoare; Patrick Köllner; Susan Pares
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  • South Korea-oriented articles in the 2007 yearbook deal with online grassroots journalism and participatory democracy, the Lone Star scandal, changing perceptions of inward direct investment, the impact of China’s economic ascendance, modern cityscape and mass housing production, new ancestral shrines, and the political economy of patriotism. The yearbook is essential reading for anyone interested in modern Korea.