현용 한・일 고등학교 국어교과서 어휘의 어종 및 어구성 연구

Abstract

This study examines the word types and word structure of the vocabulary in national language textbooks currently used in 2020 for high schools in Korea and Japan, and analyzes them in terms of the characteristics of the semantic distribution according to Bunruigoihyou ( 1964). This study also aims to analyze the word structure and word types according to the categories of meaning in order to explicate the characteristics of the school textbooks of the two countries. As for research method, chisquared test was used to calculate significant differences and compare them. The textbook vocabulary of both countries shows similar characteristics in the number of individual words, but the difference in the total number of words is great. The analysis of the total number of words shows that Korean textbooks have a high proportion of Chinese characters and hybrid words in word types, and compound words in word structure, with relatively more words that consist of at least three components. On the other hand, Japanese textbooks have a high proportion of native words and loanwords in word types, and simple words and derivatives in word structure, and use more prefixes than Korean textbooks. The analysis of word types by five areas of meaning shows that textbooks of both countries have a high proportion of native words in <1.5 Natural Objects> and <1.1 Abstract Relations>, and a high proportion of Chinese characters in <1.3 Human Activities>. Particularly, the former is high in Japan and the latter high in Korea. In <1.4 Products>, Korean textbooks have a high proportion of Chinese characters and Japanese textbooks have a high proportion of native words. Textbooks of both countries show a high proportion of derivatives in <1.4> and <1.2 The Subject of Human Activities>. Analysis of the word structure by areas of meaning shows that simple words have the highest proportion in both countries, and Japan is higher than Korea. In Korea, the use of compound words and derivatives is relatively high in <1.2> and <1.4>. Derivatives in Japan also have the highest proportion in <1.2>. This result can be interpreted that the linguistic characteristics and the semantic distribution of the two languages interlock with each other.