語尾構造體에서의 ㄹ-脫落에 대한 考察

Abstract

A Study of l-deletion in Endings Form Bae, Young-hwan The aim of this paper is to re-evaluate l-deletion in Korean language and to discuss l-deletions in new environments. l-deletion implies common case of l-final stem deletion in substantives and declinables in Korean language. l-deletion in this case is often under- stood to appear in front of consonants that involve [+coronal] features together with [-tense] features. But unlike previous examples of l- deletion, ‘-eulkka’, ‘-eulge’ or ‘-eulgeol’ becomes ‘-eukka’, ‘-eukke’ or ‘-eukkeol’. From this, we can confirm deletion of l in ending forms. l-deletions here appear under the condition of being in front of velar fortis and it can originally be seen as deletion of ‘l' in modifying ending, ‘-eul ’. l-deletion in ending forms do not appear in ‘-eulkko’, thus, cannot be explained with purely phonological reasons or non-phonological reasons. Therefore, it can be assumed that /l/ with relatively weak phonological strength is omitted in front of velar fortis with strong phonological strength in colloquial style. This can be confirmed with l-deletion in composition of modifying ending, ‘-eul ’ and restricted noun, ‘geo’. l-deletion in ending forms can be found in 19th century and early 20th century novels. Here, it is assumed that l-deletion occurred in ‘-eulkka’ first and it occurred in ‘-eulge’ and ‘-eulgeol’ thereafter in the order.