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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I would like to ask if anyone can
help me to find sources (articles, dictionaries –although I have, of course,
already, consulted the standard works- books, work in progress...) on Italian
loanwords used in Korean. I have gathered a good 300 loanwords, but am unable to
find much additional information about the history of their introduction, the
question whether they are still current or not, the semantic domains in which
they are used, and so on. I am also interested in pseudo-<SPAN
class=SpellE>italianisms</SPAN>. I am working on this with a group of Italian
linguists and the final goal of the project is to compile a dictionary of
Italian words used all over the world. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I was asked to do the job for Korea, but
it seems that not so much work has been done for Italian I could fall back upon,
at least compared with English (American), German or
French.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I would much appreciate your
help.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Antonetta L.
Bruno<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Associate professor of Korean
Studies<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Faculty of Oriental
Studies<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">University of Rome "la
Sapienza"<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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