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A comparative study of consonant systems in Sino-Korean and Sino-Japanese through comparison with Sino-Vietnamese

  • The Japanese Language Association of Korea
  • Abbr : JLAK
  • 2020, (63), pp.21-37
  • DOI : 10.14817/jlak.2020.63.21
  • Publisher : The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature
  • Received : December 30, 2019
  • Accepted : February 19, 2020
  • Published : March 20, 2020

Lee Sang Hee 1

1명지전문대학

Accredited

ABSTRACT

In this study, Sino-Vietnamese of the late post-Tang dynasty data is employed for the study of Middle Chinese, Sino-Korean and Sino-Japanese consonants. Sounds of Sino-Vietnamese, like those of Sino-Korean, have a multi-layered structure that has been established over many periods, and many variational forms of consonants existed before the Tang Dynasty. An important basis for reconstructing the shape of the consonant type is the process of phonological changes of the Middle Chinese. Initial consonants and final consonants changed along with the change of the late Southern and Northern Dynastiy sounds to Qieyun sounds and further to Qin sounds of the Middle Chinese. By exploring these phonological changes in terms of the inductive method, the consonant type can be reconstructed. The current study creates tables that compare rhymes of Sino-Korean, Sino-Japanese (Go’on and Kan’on) and Middle Chinese. Further, based on the tables, the study first draws the original forms of Kanji sounds in each language and then compares them with sounds of Sino-Vietnamese, thereby ultimately clarifying problems in reconstructed sounds of Sino-Korean/Japanese.

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