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SUMMARY:An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Proto-Korean-Japanese Hypothe
 sis - Catherine Wrucke – MSt Student\, Oriental Institute/ Japanese Stud
 ies\, St Antony’s College
DTSTART:20160304T150000Z
DTEND:20160304T151000Z
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CONTACT:Francisco Orozco
DESCRIPTION:Evidence suggests that a proto-Korean-Japanese (pKJ) language 
 existed on the Asian mainland and split to form separate languages we now 
 recognize as modern Korean and modern Japanese. In his book\, “The Role 
 of Contact in the Origins of the Japanese and Korean Languages\,” J. Mar
 shall Unger proposes that evidence of borrowing – and thus un-relatednes
 s – between Japanese and Korean is proof of a pre-Kofun period para-Japa
 nese language on the Korean Peninsula. This could suggest that any evidenc
 e of borrowing is merely a reconnection of Japanese elements into the Kore
 an language and does not\, in fact\, dissuade us from seriously considerin
 g a genetic relationship between Japanese and Korean. The purpose of this 
 presentation\, then\, is to examine the evidence for both a genetic lingui
 stic relationship and a relationship through language contact against curr
 ent linguistic methodology. The goal is\, by inquiring further on the vali
 dity of the pKJ hypothesis\, to determine viable areas of opportunity with
 in the scholarship to conclude definitively (if possible) on a pKJ relatio
 nship.
LOCATION:Lee Hall\, Wolfson College
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