기사 (462건) 리스트형 웹진형 타일형 “The Korean Alphabet is the Most Scientific in the World.” One is prone to dismiss statements such as nationalistic hyperbole. However, it would be wrong to dismiss the claim made about the Korean alphabet, Hangul (the “Great Script”), as any linguist would agree. What makes the Korean alphabet “scientific” is that its letters correspond to the places of articulation in the mouth.Let the letters “ㄱ” and “ㄴ” suffice for examples. These two letters correspond roughly to the /k/ and /n/ phonemes of the International Phonetic Alphabet. “ㄱ” shows the back of the tongue raised to make contact with the soft palate, in the rear part of the roof of the mouth, Opinion | English Editor Joshua Snyder | 1970-01-01 09:00 Learn the “Scientific Alphabet” While in Korea Learn the “Scientific Alphabet” While in Korea About fifteen years ago as a university student in the , an American friend of mine returned from a trip to and the one thing I remember from his telling me about his of trip was his description of the Korean alphabet as the “space alien language.” Indeed, for those unfamiliar with the script, seeing it in its modern fonts on neon signboards might remind someone of the undecipherable lines and circles seen on the sides of spacecraft in science fiction movies. However, as “alien” as it might look, it is remarkably easy to learn and carries with it valuable philosophical and scientific principle Opinion | English Editor Joshua Snyder | 1970-01-01 09:00 처음처음이전이전이전21222324끝끝