우리말의 미래와 남북 언어 통합 방안

Abstract

The aim of this study is to reveal commonalities and differences between North-Korean(NK) grammar and South-Korean (SK) grammar and to present a compromising proposal for standardization. For this purpose, we have examined Joseoneo riron munbeop as a representative NK grammar book. The main contents of standardization proposals are as follows; 1. Part of speech: It is very hard to standardize the issues related to assignment of a part of speech to grammatical morphemes in Korean as NK and SK system have independent logic respectively. It is therefore necessary to pay more attention to the so-called to(토)-grammar of NK system. 2. Morphology: Adverbial case in SK grammar needs to be subdivided into different classes - locative, instrumental, and comparative. There is no need to have an absolutive case in NK grammar as it is a matter of case form rather than case function. The category of complement in SK grammar should be reconsidered as it is problematic. 3. Sentence components: NK and SK grammar have in common that the predicate plays a central role in describing a sentence structure. There is no difference in subject, object, adnominal, adverbial, and independent, but a standardization is demanded for the differences in terminology and categories. 4. Sentence types: Sentence types can be classified as a declarative sentence, an interrogative sentence, an imperative sentence and a propositive sentence, according to sentence endings.