명태의 이명(異名) 고찰

Abstract

Fish have a very close relationship with humans, and in Korean, there are more words about fish names than expected. The existence of many words can be interpreted as having many members of the category, so the words expressing each object representing a more detailed discriminatory meaning. Therefore, research on fish names can provide sufficient data to reveal human cognitive patterns. Therefore, this paper examined the perception of pollack in East Asia by examining how pollack was named in Korea from ancient times to the present, where the origin of the name came from, and through what channels the fish name "Myeongtae" spread abroad, and what types and types of pollack are. First, the origin of pollock was named after the last name of a fisherman living in Myeongcheon Stream, and the last name of the fish owner who caught it. Second, it is named as “fish with great brightness” in the letters of “明” “太” and “魚” by brightening the night using pollack oil with back oil. Looking at the pronunciation of pollock in East Asian countries, it can be guessed that the name began in Korea’s pollock as “míngtàiyú” in Chinese, “スケトウダラ” in Japanese, and “мтаии” in Russian. The meaning and recognition of these pollack names could be identified within a country according to the period, region, and characteristics of pollack, and the contents of the language culture exchange pattern between countries could be identified. Therefore, this study aims to establish a pollack name system in East Asia and use it as a basic study to conduct research on language and culture exchanges between East Asia in the future.