『일본서기』 고사본의 한국고유명에 가점된 성점의 형태적 연구

Abstract

In this paper, I analyse the forms of accent marks on Korean proper nouns in an old manuscripts of the Nihonshoki. In particular, I focus on the properties of ‘kenten’ marks (small circle marks) and ‘senten’ marks (line marks) in the Ken’u manuscript, which contains a number of Korean proper nouns. Previously, it has been argued that senten marks were used for ‘warichu’ and man’yogana, whereas kenten marks were used for kanji (both in on’yomi and kun’yomi). The senten marks used for Korean proper nouns, however, appear in the text, rather than in warichu, which indicates that their use is not the same as the use of senten marks for Japanese proper nouns. Also, senten marks are used even for Korean title names, which are presumed to be read in ondoku. This practice seems to be different from the tendency in the Ken’u manuscript that senten marks are used for man’yogana. Further, the analysis of proper nouns with kenten or senten marks reveals that there are many cases where senten marks are used dominantly or neutrally. This result suggests that the characters with senten marks might have been treated as man’yogana. Since Korean proper nouns differ from Japanese proper nouns in terms of the forms of senten marks, they need to be used precautiously.