2007, Vol.22, No.

Korean Semantics 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 1.11

pISSN : 1226-7198 / eISSN : 2734-0171
https://journal.kci.go.kr/semantics

Kim Jung-nam. 2007. About Several Phenomena of Korean Language Concerning with the Transparency. Korean Semantics, 22. This paper aims at examining of the notion of transparency and giving an explanation to several phenomena in Korean Language Usages with the concept of transparency. I have dealt with the lexicalization, the overlapping of synonymous words, semantic distortion with a Chinese character, making the proper nouns' transparency indistinct, and ensuring the transparency by using the homophones. I assumed that the common cause of above all phenomena is the transparency, and I tried to give an appropriate explain to it. Transparency is a very important motivation in using the certain language forms and changing the lexical or word forms. Since many general speakers mind using the opaque forms, they tend to make every possible effort to gain the transparency. The representations as results of these efforts are the overlapping of synonymous words, semantic distortion with a Chinese character, etc. On the contrary, in the case of proper nouns, we can find a strategy of transparency weaken operating.

Nam Kyoungwoan. 2007. A Study on the Conventional Pre-nominal Form of Korean Verbs. Korean Semantics, 22. The purpose of this study is to examine the types of the conventional pre-nominal form of Korean verb and to consider how we can determine the category of these types. Some Korean verbs are only appeared on the form of modifying use not using on the form of predicative. In this study, the types of the conventional pre-nominal form of Korean verb are divided to three types. A first type is that the meaning of predicative use and the meaning of modifying use are different(type1) and a second type is that a predicative use are not appeared in corpus(type2). The last type is that an elliptical element can be recovered in the subject position. This type is divided into two cases again according to the character of subject. In former case, the elliptical subject is recovered as a possessor of modified word(type3-1) but in latter case the elliptical subject is recovered by a property of modified word(type3-2). In result, the type1, type2 and type3.2 can be treated as a determiner by a criteria of semantic, morphologic, syntactic construction.

Park Byeong-cherl. 2007. A Study on the Front Part of Road Names: Focusing on the Name of Alley in Cheong-ju City. Koeran Semantics, 22. The lot number based address system which is utilized exclusively in Korea has become ineffective and even absurd as the structure of the city became complicated due to rapid industrialization and expansion of urban life. Thus, the government is now executing the New Address System with the name of the road and the building number to establish much effective address system. This thesis intends to analyze the current status of naming of roads in Cheong-ju city focusing on the front part of the names of alley. Among 375 names, 130 names are constructed with basic-type of rear part and 245 with extended-type of rear part. 260 individual vocabularies are utilized to construct the front part and among these disyllabic words are most frequently utilized due to their economical efficiency and stability. Also, chinese-originated words(한자) are more frequently used than native words but this produces some problems in rhythmical harmony with the rear part. Toponyms are frequently utilized to form the road names and those that utilized ancient toponyms are very encouraging for the restoration of extinct native words. This research ultimately aims to find more adequate measure for the naming of front part of road names. All the data and conclusions that result from this thesis will be further utilized for this purpose.