자음군단순화와 관련된 몇 문제

Abstract

The Korean word final consonant cluster has the feature that both of thetwo consonants in the coda, Korean word final consonant clusters, shouldn'tbe pronounced in front of the coda or the consonants in in the initialposition. This is why a restriction of only one consonant in the word finalconsonant cluster having sound by the syllable structure constraints. Thisrule is called the consonant cluster simplification. It is very hard to makethe aspect of the consonant cluster simplification a rule systematically andsimply. Therefore I intend to examine the aspects of the consonant clustersimplification which can be seen in dialects in this paper before I try tofind the rule for the consonant cluster simplification. The Korean Word final consonant cluster is largely divided into the twogroups. One is the consonant cluster starting with ‘ㄹ’. The other is theconsonant cluster not starting with ‘ㄹ’. I have examined how the aspectsof Korean Word final consonant clusters, especially not starting with ‘ㄹ’ inthe word final consonant clusters, appear in dialects, Most of the date dealtwith in this paper are from The Collection of Korean Dialects(1987~1995), by The Academy of Korean Studies, which are collections ofdialect data from 9 districts, namely the whole country. But the date ofJe-ju were not studied in this paper. I have found two aspects in those dialects, which the former studies had passed by. One is related with thefollowing syllable, and the other is the case which the consonant clustersimplification appears not with one of the final consonants but with a thirdconsonant. Especially, I've examined the two extraordinary aspects relatedwith the following syllable. First, the consonant cluster ‘ㄳ, ㅄ’ should besounded into a tense sounds whether they are in front of the consonants orthe vowels. But I have found the extraordinary aspects that they aresounded into lax consonants not tense sounds. Second, the consonantcluster ‘ㄶ’ should be sounded into aspirated sounds in front of theconsonants. But I have also found the extraordinary aspects that they aresounded with lax consonants. Through Examining the features of thesyllables behind the Word final consonant cluster, I have able to catch howthe Word final consonant cluster are sounded. Finally, in front of thevowels, the latter one in the Word final consonant cluster should be linked,and then both in the Word final consonant cluster should be pronounced. But I have also found the extraordinary aspect that one of the consonant inthe word final consonants is dropped out by the reconstruction. So I havetried to examine how the reconstruction appears in each district exceptJe-ju. I hope that my research help look into the features of the consonantcluster simplification minutely.