In what order does the Korean language learner acquire Korean?

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The purpose of this paper is to review the empirical studies related to the acquisition order of particles, phonemes,and conjunctive endings in Korean. We reviewed research concerning the order of acquisition by both native speakers of Korean and non-native speakers of Korean(Korean language learners). Our review reveals that:•First, native speakers of Korean acquire /ㅅ, ㅆ/ at a rather later stage in the order of acquisition and that final phoneme /ㄹ/ of a syllable is acquired earlier than initial phoneme /ㄹ/. •Second, native speakers of Korean acquire ‘은/는, 이/가’ at a relatively early stage in the order of acquisition, and then ‘을/를' at a later stage, whereas we could not confirm the acquisitional order of Korean particles by Korean language learners. •Finally, it seems apparent that the conjunctive ending ‘-고’ is acquired fairly early in the acquisition phase for both native speakers of Korean and Korean language learners

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