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A diachronic study of Korean corresponding to Japanese formal noun '-koto', amd '-no' from the late 19th century to the early 20th century

  • The Japanese Language Association of Korea
  • Abbr : JLAK
  • 2021, (68), pp.141-157
  • DOI : 10.14817/jlak.2021.68.141
  • Publisher : The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature
  • Received : March 31, 2021
  • Accepted : May 25, 2021
  • Published : June 20, 2021

Yu Soo-yeon 1

1전남대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study examines the diachronic aspect of the Japanese formal nouns 'koto' and 'no' and their corresponding expressions in Korean. The data analyzed in this study are Japanese and Korean text books from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. Results are as follows. Firstly, reparding the distribution of semantic characteristics, 'koto' was used as a real noun, ‘to-iu-kotoha’ patterns and modality usages. In particular, the formal noun use represents frequency of 72%. In particular, 'no' shows, 37.2% of use as a formal noun, 31% as a substitute for a real noun, and 24.6% for a modality usage. This shows that ‘no’ was used evenly in a variety of usages. Next, in terms of corresponding expressiions in Korean, Japanese 'koto' corresponds to 'il',‘ki','um' noun clause,’ and ‘kes'. Firstly, ‘il’ shows frequency of 38% and is used as a corresponding word in almost all usages. Secondly, the ‘ki, um’ noun clause shows frequency of 19.3%, mostly in nominal sentences. Thirdly, ‘kes’ is used when it is interchangeable with the ‘ki, um' noun clause or ‘il’. On the other hand, Japanese 'no' mostly corresponds to the Korean ‘kes’. It's frequency is 60%. This means that the meaning of the Korean 'kes' is more diverse than that of the Japanese 'no'. In addition, in 21.3% of cases, verbs have been frequently used as corresponding words to 'no'modality usages and ‘to-iu-noha’ patterns since the 1910s. The ‘ki, um’noun clause rarely appears with frequency of 6%.

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