쓰시마의 한국어 언어경관에 관한 경년연구

Abstract

This study surveys and analyzes the linguistic landscapes of Korean in Tsushima Island. Surveys were conducted twice between 2017 and 2019, before ‘NO-Japan movement’ in Korea spread nationwide. A common key feature of the two surveys is ‘the Korean Language Specialization’ ; that is, the use of the Korean language alone, or a combination of Korean-Japanese, or Korean-Japanese-English has been constant on signboards in the streets where tourists’ shops are densely concentrated. In the survey of 2019, Romanized Korean signboards such as ‘TOKISEKI’ or ‘DAEMADO’ were sighted, which may implicitly consider Japanese residents in Tsushima. Another characteristic feature is an influence from ‘over-tourism’ due to the soaring number of Korean tourists to the island. Whereas more direct and stronger prohibition, warning signs are frequently collected in 2017, the tone of prohibition is weakened and more indirect expressions are observed in 2019. In addition, the Korean community established during the survey of 2017 has obviously become more organized and stabilized in 2019. This can be certainly verified from several facts: (1) another Korean Residents Union in Japan is inaugurated in order to protect Korean tourists’ legal rights and safety, (2) Korean linguistic landscape is expanded from the areas highly populated b tourists to less densely populated tourist spots, (3) the Korean community conveys prohibition messages in Japanese to the local Japanese residents. These facts from the linguistic landscapes clearly show that Koreans in Tsushima Island have firmly established the full membership in the local community.