2005, Vol., No.55

Korean Language & Literature 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.63

pISSN : 1229-1730 / eISSN : 2733-8738
https://journal.kci.go.kr/koreall

The purpose of this paper is to propound an analytic and positive basis of interpretation of Contextual Pronoun. The term 'Contextual Pronoun' can be defined as the pronoun which is interpreted by non-syntactical methods like as discourse situation, speaker's volition or intend, and shared conceptual information etc. We see, hinted in everyday usage of the Korean language, interpretation of pronoun is closely connected with context. The referents of pronoun depend on what kind of situation is presented or how composited contextual indexes. This process is located beyond the syntactic approaches. We argued in this paper, that the aspects of non-syntactic interpretation of pronoun are found conspicuously in the way of binding pronoun with its reference. The interpretation of anaphora is influenced by the specificity of antecedent noun, the direction of anaphora, the closeness between pronoun and its antecedent, and antecedent-absent compositions. Arguing these issues, we proposed several strategic points for comprehension of anaphora.

This study aims to show that ‘hanangda’ in the 15th century and ‘hane’ in the 16th century are considered ‘polite informal style’ and the latter has the same function as the former. The conclusion is as follows. First of all, ‘hanangda’ and ‘hane’ are considered ‘polite style’ in that they have the polite mark ‘ee.’ It is known that ‘ee’ is the most objective mark to show ‘polite style.’ Therefore, the hierarchy of ‘being polite’ has to be divided into ‘polite style’ and ‘impolite style,’ and ‘hanangda’ and ‘hane’ belong to the category of the former because they have the mark. Second, ‘hanangda’ and ‘hane’ are informal style. It is impossible to talk about hierarchy without thinking of ‘being formal/informal’ because it is likely to use different style to the same people according to the situation and place. So, ‘hanaida’ style is regarded as ‘formal style’ that states the difference of the social status of the speaker and listener, while ‘hanangda’ and ‘hane’ style are regarded as ‘informal style’ that expresses one's emotion subjectively. Third, as mentioned above, we came to the conclusion that ‘hane’ style in the sixteenth century is the developed form of ‘hanangda’ style in the fifteenth century. In other word, it is inferred that ‘hanangda’ style in the fifteenth century was ‘polite informal style,’ but in the sixteenth century it was transformed to ‘hane’ style and functioned as the same continuously.

This paper was written to study on the role of some works under the management of Japanese colonial government with a establishment of the orthography of Hangeul, Korean characters in the Japense imperialism era. The orthography of Hangeul was said to be completed with <Hangelmachumbeoptong- iran>(한글마춤법통일안) in 1933 and to be based from <Gukmunyeonguuijeongan>(국문연구의정안) in 1909. But in this paper I asserted that <Hangeulmachumbeoptongiran> was originally brought from <Gukmunyeonguuijeongan> and it also must be influenced by some orthographic works under the management of Japanese colonial government(조선총독부), e.g. <Botonghakgyoyongeonmuncheoljabeop>(보통학교용언문철자법)(1912), <Botonghakgyoyongeonmuncheoljabeopdaeyo>(보통학교용언문철자법대요)(1921), <Eonmuncheoljabeop>(언문철자법)(1930). Conclusionly <Hangelmachumbeoptongiran> was a work which was made through the reception of all the previous works and the development of it.