근대기 일본어 신문《朝鮮時報》의 어휘 연구 - 2자한자어로 구성된 동음동의어를 중심으로 -

Abstract

In this article, I reveal the characteristics of modern Japanese by analysing two-character base of Chinese words with the Same-reading-same-meaning Words in Chosun Sibo, a newspaper published in Busan from the port-opening period to the Japanese colonial era. Chosun Sibo adopts the notational system that was created prior to the introduction of “Toyo Kanji(當用漢字)” and therefore contains a relatively large number of the Chinese characters with the Same-reading-same-meaning Words based on different Chinese characters with the same reading. I revealed the common linguistic phenomena between Japan and Korea in modern times by analysing the Chinese characters with the Same-reading-same-meaning Words in modern Japanese and comparing them with the words included in the dictionary of the Chosun language(朝鮮語辭典) published during the same era. Further, I surveyed the changes of the linguistic phenomena between Japan and Korea through the analysis of the phenomena of reading-alternations in the Chinese characters with Same-reading-same-me aning Words. The results of these analyses are summarised as follows. Firstly, the Chinese characters with the Same-reading-same-meaning Words in Chosun Sibo behave as the Chinese characters with the Same-form-same-meaning Words in both Japan and Korea, a common linguistic phenomenon between the two countries. Secondly, in modern times, Japan-made Chinese characters entered into the Korean language, but these words were restricted to new concept words and most of them did not replace the pre-existing Korean words. Finally, the reading alternations of the Chinese characters with the Same-reading-same-meaning Words played a significant role in decreasing the ratio of Chinese characters with the Same-reading-same-meaning Words between Japan and Korea. This stems from differences in the acceptance of the Chinese characters between Japan and Korea in the areas where Chinese characters are used.