『隣語大方』朝鮮刊本における仮名遣いについて

Abstract

“The Korean Ineodaebang” has Japanese text written with mixed writing of kanji and kana. In this report, I examine usage of kana, particularly (1) between “は” and “わ”, (2) between “い”, “ひ” and “ゐ”, (3) between “う” and “ふ” (4) between “え”, “へ” and “ゑ”, (5) between “お” and “を”. As a result, I found something like the following: (1) In medial and final of word, “は” is used as a particle and “わ” is used as the others. (2) In initial of word is used only “い”, and there is a strong tendency to use “ひ” in medial and final of word. (3) There is a strong tendency to use “ふ” in medial and final of word. (4) In initial of word is used only “ゑ”, and there is a strong tendency to use “へ” in medial and final of word. (5) There is a very strong tendency to use “お” in initial of word, and “を” is used only as a particle. And some of these agree with features of usage of kana found at Japanese publications in an early modern period.