포은 정몽주 사행시의 계량언어학적 접근

Abstract

This study aims at examining diverse literary aspects through a quantitative analysis of vocabulary used in Poeun Jeong-ju’s poetry of diplomatic mission. This research approach is a way to try various methods of literary study and will contribute to the interpretation of Jeong Mong-ju’s works with quantitative linguistics. Thus, it has its significance in expanding research horizons of literature and linguistics. The reason for analysing Jeong Mong-ju’s poems written in his diplomatic missions with the methodology of quantitative linguistics is that the vocabulary frequency plays a crucial role in clarifying the meaning and function of words and observing the trend and aspect of language usages as it deals with actual applications of speech. The subject of this study includes Poeun’s 13 poems written in Chinese diplomatic missions and 13 poems created while in Japan, 26 poems made up of 1,152 Chinese characters in total and in part, Mokeun Lee Saek’s 3 poems of Chinese missions comprised of 140 Chinese letters. The Chinese characters used over 9 times in Jeong Mongju’s diplomatic mission poems are 天, 日, 海, 國, 春, 年, 遠, and 人. As these letters appeared nearly once in 2 poems, they reveal a very high frequency. The characters 天, 日, 海, and 春 are related to the nature, so it is thought that Jeong Mong-ju wanted to contain the nature-friendly tenor in his poetic works of diplomatic misson. The letters 國, 年, 遠 and 人 make us judge that his poems dealt with a lot of national affairs and human relations. The pronunciation of Chinese characters includes 29 times of ‘ji’, 27 times of ‘sa’, 23 times of ‘su’, 21 times of ‘cheon’, and 19 times of ‘sang’ and ‘il’. These 6 sounds are used 138 times in total, so these are high frequency ones.