戰國楚地文獻 의문대체사 ‘害’,‘曷’의 의미고찰 -『清華簡 · 一』의 두 자형을 중심으로-

Abstract

This study examined the scope of semantic functions through the relationships among ‘Hae (害),’ ‘Gal (曷)’. First, the phonemic relationships between ‘Hae (害)’ and ‘Gal (曷),’ and among ‘Hae (害),’ ‘Gal (曷),’ and ‘Ha (何)’ were discussed. Second, the process of integration and loss of words resulting from the expansion of the range of the semantic functions of these interrogative substitutes was examined. This study analyzed the semantic range of ‘Hae (害),’ ‘Gal (曷),’ ‘Hae (害/曷),’ and ‘Ha (何)’ in the ancient period through the similarities and differences of the words. From the analysis of semantic range, it was inferred that mainly ‘Hae (害/曷)’ was used to indicate ‘cause’, and based on this finding, the time difference of interrogative substitutes indicating ‘cause’ was conjectured. Assuming that ‘Hae(害)’ once had the function of asking the cause of a thing or an event, but as ‘Ha (何)’ came to have an integrated function, it became an interrogative substitute comprehending all the range of things and events, what is more, this study discussed specifically the range and time of its use.