광주 지역인의 연결어미 사용에 대한 사례연구

Abstract

This study aims to identify the commonality and diversity of connective endings used by residents of Gwangju. Based on the exploratory case study methodology, four Gwangju residents were selected as informants, their conversations were recorded, and a total of 1,200 connective endings were extracted. First, the connective endings were divided into standard and dialect types, and the patterns of their use by informants were compared. The results showed that the standard and dialect form of connective endings coexisted and that within the dialect various sporadic variants were used together. Furthermore, we found that there was a difference in the usage rate among dialect type endings. For example, the standard form “-(eu)nikka” and the dialect forms “-(eu)ngkke, -(eu)ngge, -(eu)nkke, -(eu)nge, -(eu)nikke, -(eu)nkkero” coexisted, and the ratio of “-(eu)ngkke” was the highest among dialect forms. There were differences in the number of connective endings informants used and the ratio of standard language and other dialects. Informant-D used more types of connective endings and a greater number of dialect forms than other informants. Data mining techniques also confirmed differences in the use of connective endings among informants. Based on the frequency of use matrix of connective endings used by informants, the TF-IDF and cosine similarity was calculated. Thus, informants A, B, and C were classified into one group and informant D was classified into another. This study empirically confirmed the characteristics of connective endings used by residents of Gwangju. Further, it confirmed that the Gwangju local language has both commonality and diversity.