Table of contents
Abbreviations
List of tables
List of figures
Acknowledgments
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Chapter 1Introduction
1.1Aims and objectives of the study
1.2Theoretical and methodological framework
1.3Outline
Chapter 2The language contact situation in Korea
2.1English in Korea
2.1.1Socio-historical background
2.1.2The Korean education system
2.1.3English at the workplace and in business relations
2.1.4English in the media and pop culture
2.1.5The linguistic landscape
2.1.6Personal contacts
2.1.7Language politics in Korea
2.1.8Attitudes towards English
2.1.9‘English Fever’
2.2Some characteristics of the Korean language
Chapter 3Theorizing English in South Korea
3.1Previous research on Korean English forms
3.2Users versus learners of English
3.3World Englishes models and Korea
3.4A note on terminology
Chapter 4Methodology and participants
4.1Research questions
4.2Written and spoken language research
4.3The data collection process and the SPOKE corpus
4.3.1The cuppa coffee approach
4.3.2Corpus overview and description
4.3.3The participants
4.4Other corpora consulted and analytical tools used
4.5Selection of morpho-syntactic patterns for investigation
Chapter 5Morpho-syntactic patterns of spoken English in Korea
5.1Nouns
5.1.1Countability – Non-count nouns in English and in Korean
5.1.2Minus-plural marking
5.1.2.1Plural marking in English and in Korean
5.1.2.2The use of plural marking on nouns in the SPOKE corpus – Reduced
plural redundancy
5.1.3Discussion
5.2Pronouns
5.2.1Pronouns in English and Korean
5.2.2Personal pronoun frequencies in the SPOKE corpus
5.2.3Minus-pronouns in the SPOKE corpus
5.2.3.1Case study 1: I as minus-pronoun in subject position
5.2.3.2Case study 2: It as minus-pronoun in subject position
5.2.3.3Case study 3: It as minus-pronoun in object position
5.2.4Discussion
5.3Articles
5.3.1Articles in English and in Korean
5.3.2Article frequencies in the SPOKE corpus
5.3.3The definite article
5.3.3.1Case study 1: Articles + nouns denoting social
institutions
5.3.3.2Case study 2: Quantifying expressions
5.3.3.3Case study 3: Temporal expressions
5.3.3.4Case study 4: Proper nouns
5.3.3.5Case study 5: Deverbal nouns in -ing
5.3.4The indefinite article
5.3.5Discussion
5.4Prepositions
5.4.1Prepositions in English and in Korean
5.4.2Frequencies of simple prepositions in the SPOKE corpus
5.4.2.1Case study 1: The preposition on
5.4.2.2Case study 2: The preposition like
5.4.2.3Plus-, minus-, and swap-prepositions
5.4.3A note on word order
5.4.4Discussion
5.5Verbs
5.5.1The verb systems of English and Korean
5.5.2Minus-verbs in the SPOKE corpus
5.5.2.1Minus-copular verbs
5.5.2.2Minus-lexical verbs
5.5.2.3Minus-auxiliary verbs
5.5.3Discussion
Chapter 6Discussion
6.1Morpho-syntactic patterns of spoken Korean(ized) English
6.2Implications and outlook
Chapter 7Conclusion
References
Appendix: Transcription conventions
Index
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