현대국어 일음절 용언의 음운 구조 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze the phonological structure of single-syllable verbs in Korean and to examine their current status and characteristics. The data for analysis are 625 words selected through a complete survey of Standard Dictionary of the Korean Language(1999). The summary of the research results is as follows. First, by parts of speech, there are 526 verbs (84.3%) and 89 adjectives (14.2%), which is a high proportion of verbs. In terms of form, the number of monosyllabic terms is 366. Second, the most typical structure of single-syllable verbs is CVC/CVCC, which accounts for 52% of all single-syllable verbs. Third, there are 17 consonants in the initial consonants. The most frequent is ‘ㅏ’, accounting for 11.04%. Fourth, for vowels, the usage rate of ‘A’ is the highest at 21.12%. Short vowels account for the majority at 85.60%. Fifth, there are 23 consonants in the final position. Among them, the ratio of ‘ㄹ’ is the highest at 26.54%. It is very unusual that ‘ㅗ’ does not appear as the final consonant of a verb. Sixth, in single-syllable verbs, the vowel ‘ㅏ’ is linked with the most diverse initial and final consonants.