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A Study phenomenon of vowel added i in Sino-Korean-Focused on the comparative study with Sino-Japanese, Sino-Vietnam-

Lee Kyoungchul 1 choi jisoo 1

1동국대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study extracts some examples of consonant form with i vowel added in the Sino Korean according to each the rhymes and makes a comparative analysis of the Middle Chinese, Sino Japanese Go’on and Kan’on and the Sino Vietnamese. The results are as follows: The rhymes that have consonant form with i vowel added in the Sino Korean correspond to examine this according to each vowel in Korean language, it is found in almost all vowels and this cannot be regarded as a phenomenon in agreement with monophthongization. Initial that has the form of added i vowel in the Sino Korean appears after almost all of the consonants. Therefore, it cannot be considered that occurred by the effect of palatal consonants. The rhymes that have the consonant form of added i vowel in the Sino Korean seem to have derived not from the influence of Chinese language but from i vowel addition of Koran language itself since no factor to add i vowel is found in the history of phoneme of Chinese language or in the comparison with the Chinese character sound in other languages. I vowel addition in Korean language was proceeding before the 15th century, and this is still under way today.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.