[익심]의 연결어미의 변천 및 문법 ―‘-을수록’을 중심으로―

Abstract

This study explained the grammatical characteristics of ‘-을수록’ in the Pre-modern Korean after discussing the historical change of conjunctive endings expressing deepening. While ‘-디옷’, ‘-도록’ expressed the meaning of deepening in the Middle Korean, ‘-을수록’ appeared gradually from the 17th century. In the 17th, 18th century, ‘-을수록’ appeared in old vernacular letters. ‘-을수록’ constructions expressed the deepening of time or thought in the preceding clause and psychological attitudes in the following clause. ‘-을수록’ was also found in Korean translation of Chinese classics in the 18th century. In these cases, ‘갈수록’, ‘오랠수록’ appeared in the preceding clause. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the ordinary examples of ‘-을수록’ were rare. The grammatical characteristics of ‘-을수록’ in the 19th century were discussed separately in the type of (ⅰ) that reflected relatively early patterns of grammar and the type of (ⅱ) that did not. ‘갈수록’ and ‘생각할수록’ constructions belonged to the type of (ⅰ) had similar grammatical patterns to the previous period, but the distribution tended to expand in following clause. The type of (ii) was largely classified as an individual event and a common event. ‘-을수록’ that has represented an individual event since the 17th century was used to represent a common event in the 19th century and it was directly related to the expansion of function.