K-Pop Dictionary 케이팝 딕셔너리
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“헐”, “멘붕”, “엄친아”가 영어로 무슨 뜻인가요? K-Pop과 K-Drama에 푹 빠져 있는 외국인 친구가 이렇게 물어온다면 어떻게 설명해야 할까? 자막으로는 설명하기 부족하고, 사전에는 나오지 않는 필수 신조어와 표현들 700개! 어원과 문화적 배경, 발음은 물론이고 재미난 삽화까지! K-Pop이나 K-Drama를 보다가 막히는 부분이 있으면 언제든지 이 책을 펼쳐보세요! 고구마 같은 답답함이 사이다 처럼 뻥 뚫릴겁니다. 화이팅!
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WoosungKang

저자:WoosungKang
미국덴버대학교에서경영학학사,뉴욕대학교에서심리학석사를취득한그는세계속에서저평가된대한민국의이미지를제고하기위한선구자적인노력을펼쳐왔다.2010년뉴욕대학교대학원한인학생회부회장으로활동당시,블로그<브랜딩코리아>KoreaBrandImage.com을운영하며현지에서다양한한국문화프로모션을벌이며출간한<<세계를향해바로서라(2010)>>를통해국가브랜딩과문화마케팅에관한그의통찰력을옅볼수있다.2016년출간한<>는원서인영어를포함해프랑스어,러시아어,인도네시아어,불가리아어등으로번역출간되며세계적인인기를끌었다.외국인들에게한국의문화를알기쉽게설명하기위해2020년출간한<>또한세계적으로좋은반응을얻으며세계와의가교역할을하고있다.그는해외의한국정부기관과한국어학당,한인입양단체등에무료로도서를배포하며민간차원에서의한국문화홍보에도노력을더하고있다.그의활동은국내외미디어를통해서도조명되었으며,뉴욕거주당시라디오코리아에서칼럼니스트로활동하였다.현재KBS3FM라디오프로그램<공감코리아,우리는한국인>에고정출연중이다.

출판사 서평

"TakeaPeekintothePsychologyofModernKoreanPeopleThroughSlang"-李宇?,SMEntertainment-

“TheKpopDictionaryisafunmixofcommonslangandadagesfrequentlyfoundinKpopandKoreanDramaswhichwillhelpprovideabaseforunderstandingthatgoesfarbeyondsubtitles.AsaYouTubepersonalitywhofocusesontheever-changingworldofKoreanentertainment,IseethisbookbeinganextremelyusefulresourcetoanyoneinterestedinimprovingtheircomprehensionofKoreanDramasandKpop.”-StephanieIshler,HallyuBack-

"ThiswillbetheBibleofKoreanCulture"-SeunghyunShin,FuntasticKorea

Daebak!Hello,K-Popfan!CongratulationsonyourbolddecisiontoembarkonajourneytothefantasticworldofK-Pop!Let’stakeamomenttosharethejoy.Youhavechosenyourfavorite,andyoucantellwhoisthemaknaeofthegroup,right?Oh,andyoumustknowwhoisinchargeofthevisualandhasthebestaegyothatmeltsyourheart!

Well,it’sokayifyoudon’thaveaclueaboutwhatIjustsaidbecausethatisprobablythereasonyouchosetoreadthisbook.Itisdesignedsoyoucanlearnthemostup-to-datevocabularyusedinK-poplyrics,TVshows,K-Dramas,andthelike.Asthetitleofthisbooksuggests,thisisnotanordinarydictionary.ItisspecificallydesignedtoexplainwhatthesewordsmeaninaK-PopandK-Dramacontext.Thesearelikeencryptedcodesthatcanonlybeunderstoodifyouknowthebackgroundinformation,suchaswheretheyoriginatedandwhenandhowtheyareused.Withoutthisknowledge,youaremissingoutonallthenewsandupdatesotherfansaretalkingabout!

Forthatreason,thisbookalsoincludesreal-lifeexamplesofthewordsinaction.Youwillgainathoroughunderstandingofthewordsandtheirbackgroundinformation.YoucanusethisbookasaquickreferenceguideanytimeyourunintoK-PopandK-Dramalingoorasastudyreferencebyutilizingtheconversationexamplesincludedoneverypage.Whateveryourgoal,thiswillbeagreatwaytoexpandyourK-PopandK-DramaknowledgeandtogiveyourselfawindowintothefascinatingworldofKoreanculture!

Youwillnoticethatsometimesthereismorethanonespellingvariation.DespitethefactthatthereisastandardmethodofRomanizingKoreanwordsusingLatinletters,K-Popfansandtranslatorshavechosenhaphazardlytousewhatevertheythinkisappropriate.ThoseRomanizationshavethenspreadacrosstheInternet,eventuallybecomingthenewstandardsusedbyeveryone.So,thisbookincludestheversionsthatarepopularlyusedamongK-Popfans,butspellingsinHangul(Koreanalphabet)arealsoprovided.Youcanalwayscross-checkincaseyouwantclarificationandfurtherdetail.

Whateveryourgoal,thisisagreatwaytoexpandyourK-PopandK-Dramaknowledge;yourwindowintothefascinatingworldofKoreanculture!Adictionaryofhonesthumaninteraction,Koreanpopculture,andeverydayK-POPlife.Aresourceforlanguagelearnersconfusedbyreal-worldKorean,andatooltohelpyouunderstandtheworldofaK-POPfan.Butmoreimportantly,greatentertainmentforeveryone.

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ㆍOver700essentialKoreanslangwordsandphraseseveryK-popfanmustknow.
ㆍPronunciationguidetohelpyousaythewordsaccurately.
ㆍDefinitionsaswellastheiroriginandculturalbackground.
ㆍIntuitiveillustrationstohelpyouunderstandtheconcept.
ㆍReallifeconversationsandexamples.