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The abortive attempt to create a 'Soviet' Korean written language in the USSR, 1922-1937

What is it about?

The paper examines the attempts to forge a standardized ‘Soviet’ Korean written language during the decade or so of intense cultural work among the Soviet Korean populace in the Russian Far East before all Soviet Koreans there were deported to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in autumn of 1937. Was there a ‘Soviet’ variety of Korean, and if so, did it happen by happenstance or by design?

Why is it important?

The paper helps show an alternative track along which a different modern standard Korean _could_ have developed--a linguistic path not chosen (or rather, closed off). It also sheds comparative light on the divergence we see today between North and South Korean standards and divergence.

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