[KS] The Origins of the Korean Alphabet

[JW KIM]

Dear List members,

I also didn't know about that.
But I found the microfilm of the Ph. D. article is at Ewha Univ. library.
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The origins of the Korean alphabet

http://www.riss.kr/link?id=T8332865 복사
저자 : Chung, Kei Won
형태사항 : 1 reel (130 p.) .
일반주기 :
Includes bibliographical references.
학위논문사항 : Thesis (박사) - Princeton University
발행국 : New Jersey
언어 : 영어
출판년 : 1938
소장기관 : 이화여자대학교 도서관
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I'll try to copy that book and let you know the contents.

Best,

Kim Juwon

Dept. of Linguistics,
Seoul National University


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From: King, Ross
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 10:20 AM
To: Bill Streifer ; Korean Studies Discussion List
Subject: Re: [KS] The Origins of the Korean Alphabet

I was not aware of this dissertation, and it seems to have escaped Gari 
Ledyard's attention in his 1966 Berkeley dissertation. It would certainly be 
interesting to see; Proquest does not have a pdf copy available for 
download. WorldCat lists a 4-page pamphlet by the same author titled "Korea 
must be free: historical sketch of Korean Independence Movement from March 
1, 1919 to March 1, 1942."

Do any list members have any information about the author and his fate? I 
presume the hangul  version of his name is 정계원 but does anybody have the 
Chinese characters?

Proquest and WorldCat list the thesis as 1938; Kim Tkhia-khen (Kim 
T'ae-hyon) wrote his dissertation on 'Contemporary Korean writing' (with a 
section the history of the alphabet) in Russia one year later in 1939.

Ross King
Professor of Korean and Head of Department
Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia
Asian Centre, 1871 West Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
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ross.king at ubc.ca
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From: Koreanstudies [koreanstudies-bounces at koreanstudies.com] on behalf of 
Bill Streifer [photografr7 at yahoo.com]
Sent: August-30-13 9:20 AM
To: koreanstudies at koreanstudies.com
Subject: [KS] The Origins of the Korean Alphabet

I've located 1937 Princeton University Ph.D. Thesis entitled "The Origins of 
the Korean Alphabet" by Chung Kei-won. In addition, I found a letter from 
the student to the Dean of the College and another letter to the Dean of the 
College concerning the student's application for a Ph.D. Is anyone aware of 
this thesis, and might it be worth republishing along with the above 
letters?

Thank you.

Bill Streifer