Head vs. Heart

Many people familiar with both English and Korean would agree that if English is language of the head, Korean is a language of the heart. English tends to have clear and clean distinctions between definitions, whereas Korean is much more subtle and subjective...

The subjective level, however is where Korean color words shine. Using consonants of different strengths, vowels of different colors, and various suffixes added to the adjective stem, the Koreans can express how a certain color makes them feel...

From a Korean perspective, the English speaker is decidedly egocentric. He speaks of "my home," "my mother," "my school," and "my country," while a Korean sees these as belonging to a group of people (family, students, or citizens), and always precedes them with a possessive pronoun meaning "our.''...

David Baxter, Korean through English

The books we recommend to study Korean language:

• Korean Through English (Paperback / Published 1994) Vol.1 | Vol.2 | Vol.3
  An excellent set of books and audio tapes with professional Korean speakers. You are carefully guided through the material. Very quickly you will learn the alphabet, the basic conversations and later even more complex grammar and vocabulary. Also, there is a very deep explanation of Korean language history and the fundamental differencies with the Western languages. If you liked Tolkien's explanation of the Elf's language, you'll love this one!

• Korean/English English/Korean Dictionary (Davidovic Mladen / Paperback / Published 1991)

• A Reference Grammar of Korean (Samuel E. Martin / Hardcover / Published 1993)
  A Complete Guide to the Grammar and History of the Korean Language

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