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The Finnish Korean Connection: An Initial Analysis

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Authors

Hadland, Julian

Issue Date
1989
Publisher
서울대학교 언어교육원
Citation
어학연구, Vol.25 No.3, pp. 689-703
Abstract
This paper proposes that the Finnish and Korean languages, although at present separated geographically by over 10,000 kilometres, may more closely related than has previously been considered.
In this paper a sample of the numerous lexical and grammatical similarities that exist between the two languages will be illustrated and analysed in order to find possible origins and reasons for the similarities.
In a number of cases the examples sited may be merely coincidental, while in certain other cases the closeness of form and semantics seems too great to be a result of coincidence. Most notable are the verbs "kayda"(Fin) and "kada"(Kor) meaning "to go", and the adverbs "taas"(Fin) and "tashi"(Kor), and "kohta"(Fin) and "kot"(Kor), meaning "again" and "soon" respectively. Structural similarities are numerous, especially concerning the inflected endings of nouns.
ISSN
0254-4474
Language
English
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/85842
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