Abstract
This study aims to examine the early Protestant missionaries' perception of the Korean language and Koreans' thoughts in the late 19th century. To this end, I analyzed the contents and language data of Korean study books published in the 1890s by early Protestant missionaries. And I tried to find out what they thought about the linguistic characteristics of the Korean language, the connection between the Korean language and Koreans' thoughts, and the way of living of Korean people. Through the research, I found the following. Firstly, they focused on practical linguistic knowledge such as pronunciation, phonology, and grammatical use for communication with native Korean speakers. Secondly, they acknowledged the correlation between the Korean language and Koreans' thoughts and presented various examples to prove this. Thirdly, they looked critically at the way of living of Korean people from a Western-centered point of view.
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