A History of the Korean Lexicon

For almost two thousand years, the Chinese Language Empire permitted the enlargement of the Korean lexicography and spread to Korea a large quantity of new words which were lacking in their language. Later, during the nineteenth century, the Japanese of the Meiji Period produced a large number of new terms which were then borrowed by both Korea and China. Another phase of borrowing began when the United States get involved during the Korean War, which is the starting point of the English Language Empire period on the Korean peninsula.