『鮮和両引모던朝鮮外来語辞典』における日本外来語の「動詞化した語」について

Abstract

This study addresses the value of 鮮和両引모던朝鮮外来語辞典(The New Dictionary of Foreign Words in Modern Korean: searchable by Korean and Japanese) and the “Japanese Verbalized Loanwords” in the Dictionary's Appendix. The Japanese verbalized loanwords in the 1930s took on a kind of slang character. This made it difficult for them to be used in newspapers, magazines, novels, etc. Therefore, the present study compares the “verbalized loanwords” in the Dictionary with the examples of verbalization at the beginning of the 1930s, which are listed in preceding studies, and then with contemporary verbalized loanwords as well. Based on the comparison, this study investigates which examples have declined and survived and how the then verbalization was different from the contemporary one in terms of conditions. The analysis leads to the four findings: First, words, such as サボる(saboru < sabotage) and タクる(takuru < taxi), already took root at that time. Second, there were examples that are identical in form, but different in meaning, like タブる(taburu < double). Third, there were examples, such as エスる(esuru ＜ escape) and ステクる(sutekuru < stick), which are not used any longer today. Forth, there were -su form words, such as カモプラす(kamopurasu < camouflage) and ジェラす(zyerasu ＜ jealous), in addition to -ru form ones. However, not -su, but -ru has been established as a Japanese verb ending. This is maybe because verbs with -ru ending have increased in the process of colloquialization, thus spreading the recognition that any word with -ru ending is a verb. The loanwords since the 2000s have also been verbalized with -ru ending. For example, ググる(guguru < google), トラブる(toraburu < trouble), etc. are used as basic vocabulary that are indispensable for young people.