Is Korean a syllabic alphabet or an alphabetic syllabary

Writing Systems Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-115

  Pae, Hye K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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EID: 81855166747     PISSN: 17586801     EISSN: 1758681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wsr/wsr002     Document Type: Review

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