현대 국어학 연구 맹아기의 지석영과 주시경의 표기·음운·문자 연구의 맥락

Abstract

This article focuses on Ji, Seok-yeong and Ju, Si-gyeong’s discussion on the notation, phonemes and letters of Korean language in germinal stage of Present-Korean linguistics. Specifically, through the examination of consonants, vowels, suprasegmental phonemes and letters, I paid attention to Ji, Seok-yoeng's research, which was relatively less interesting than Ju, Si-gyeong’s and tried to understand the flow and nature of Ji, Seok-young and Ju, Si-gyeong’s discussions on phonology and letters. In terms of consonants and vowels, the terms “consonant” and “vowel” are used in the study of Ju, Si-gyeong but the definition is not made in terms of articulatory phonetics, but is defined as the meaning of the components of syllables. In terms of articulation methods, consonants were classified and described by their clarity and murkyness. Ju, Si-gyeong defines murky sounds as not composed of one element, so although the terms “clear and murky sounds” are used in Chinese phonology, the concepts show a difference. In the vowel, the word “join” is used to refer to ‘ㅑ, ㅕ’, ‘ㅐ, ㅔ’ and ‘ㆍ’ made by combining ‘ㅣ’ and ‘ㅡ’ which are not focused on sound, but on writing related to the use of letters. As a result, a half vowel could not be analyzed in the double vowel and ‘ㅑ’, ‘ㅕ’was considered to be the same as ‘the joint of ‘ㅣㅏ’, ‘ㅣㅓ’. The reason why ‘·’ was regarded as a combination of ‘ㅣ’ and ‘ㅡ’ was given by considering the aspects of Chinese phoneme and Korean notation, but the actual conclusion was obtained by emphasizing the relationship with ‘ㅑ, ㅕ, ㅛ, ㅠ’. Regarding suprasegmental phonemes, Ji, Seok-yeong emphasized height and rhythm, and these discussions were well received by Ju, Si-gyeong, leading to a study on adding strength and weakness. In the use of letters, Ji, Seok-young judges unnecessary “ㆁ, ㆆ, ㅿ, ◊” in the Korean language notation as inappropriate for civilian use, while Ju, Si-gyeong did not clearly recognize the identity of these letters by describing the sound as present or not. The contents of the discussion and the method of discussion show that both Ji, Seok-yeong and Ju, Si-gyeong have traditionally been based on the framework of studying notation, phonemes and letters.