언간의 음절말 ‘ㅅ’과 ‘ㄷ’ 표기 변화 연구

Abstract

This paper aims to review the changing procedure of the writing trend of the syllable-final ‘ㅅ’ and ‘ㄷ’ through the contents of the Hangeul letters of the Joseon period via data quantification. The statistics of the syllable-final ‘ㅅ’ and ‘ㄷ’ in the intervertebral column by period was examined for half a century, and the outcome was compared with that of the published date to ensure the process of the “seven syllable-final types rule” in the writing context. Through the aforementioned analysis, the dominance of the ‘ㄷ→ㅅ’ type in the language has been revealed since the late 16th century, and it was confirmed that it started half a century earlier than that of the published data and the “seven syllable-final types rule” in ‘Eon’gan’ was completed in the late 17th century. In addition, from the late 17th century, both the 'Eon'gan' and the published data completed the ‘ㅅ’ Unification period, but in the case of the published data, there was momentary confusion in the 18th century, albeit there was no confusion in the ‘Eon’gan’. Moreover, in terms of the degree of unification after the formation of the “seven syllable-final types rule,” the facts of that the stability of ‘Eon’gan’ were more confirmed than that of published data. Through these discussions, it can be seen that the ‘Eon’gan’ shows linguistic facts much faster than the published data.