@article{ART001885349},
author={Eunji Yeo},
title={A Diachronic Study on the Vowel Contraction},
journal={Korean Language & Literature},
issn={1229-1730},
year={2014},
number={89},
pages={25-47}
TY - JOUR
AU - Eunji Yeo
TI - A Diachronic Study on the Vowel Contraction
JO - Korean Language & Literature
PY - 2014
VL - null
IS - 89
PB - Korean Language & Literature
SP - 25
EP - 47
SN - 1229-1730
AB - This paper reviewed the process of vowel contraction and glide formation which occurred during the change of downward diphthong ‘ㅔ, ㅐ, ㅟ, and ㅚ’ in medieval Korean into monophthong. The change of ‘ㅕ>ㅔ’ is not into ‘[jə]>[jəj](addition of i)>[je](monophthongization of ‘에’)>[e](on-glide j elimination)’ but into a direct contraction. The change of ‘VjV>ɛ:, VjV>ja:’ appeared in two forms including ① aja>ɛ(j)a>ɛ(j)ɛ>ɛ: ② aja>ɛ(j)a>eja>ija>ja:.
‘ㅟㅓ>ㆊ’ is a diachronic phenomenon which is explained with the glide formation of ɥ. The change of ‘ㅕ>ㅔ’, ‘VjV>ɛ, VjV>ja’, ‘ㅟㅓ>ㆊ’ may be explained as a transformation which appeared during the change of a vowel system, namely the monophthongization of a diphthong. The appearance of various variation types before and after the occurrence of the monophthongization of ‘ㅔ, ㅐ, ㅟ, and ㅚ’ is caused by the instability of the vowel system.
KW - vowel contraction;diphthong;monophthongization;glide formation;variation;[ɥ]
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Eunji Yeo. (2014). A Diachronic Study on the Vowel Contraction. Korean Language & Literature, 89, 25-47.
Eunji Yeo. 2014, "A Diachronic Study on the Vowel Contraction", Korean Language & Literature, no.89, pp.25-47.
Eunji Yeo "A Diachronic Study on the Vowel Contraction" Korean Language & Literature 89 pp.25-47 (2014) : 25.
Eunji Yeo. A Diachronic Study on the Vowel Contraction. 2014; 89 : 25-47.
Eunji Yeo. "A Diachronic Study on the Vowel Contraction" Korean Language & Literature no.89(2014) : 25-47.
Eunji Yeo. A Diachronic Study on the Vowel Contraction. Korean Language & Literature, 89, 25-47.
Eunji Yeo. A Diachronic Study on the Vowel Contraction. Korean Language & Literature. 2014; 89 25-47.
Eunji Yeo. A Diachronic Study on the Vowel Contraction. 2014; 89 : 25-47.
Eunji Yeo. "A Diachronic Study on the Vowel Contraction" Korean Language & Literature no.89(2014) : 25-47.
