16~17th 한글편지에서의 중세국어 한자음 ‘ㄷyV, ㅈyV’계 변화 과정에 대한 일고찰 – 순천김씨묘출토언간과 현풍곽씨언간을 중심으로

Abstract

In relation to the palatalization of Chinese characters, this study examines the aspects of the middle Korean Chinese character 'ㄷyV, ㅈyV' system in the Korean letters of the Suncheon Kim clan in the mid-16th century and the Hyeonpoong Gwak clan in the early 17th century. The main contents of the discussion are as follows. First, in the 16th and 17th Korean Letters, the Middle Korean Chinese character 'ㄷyV' system was used, and the Suncheon Kim Clan had 'ㄷyV' type 81 times (92.05%), ‘ㄷyV>ㅈyV’ type 5 times (5.68%), Hyeonpoong Gwak Clan had ‘ㄷyV’ type 64 times (56.64%), ‘ㄷyV>ㅈyV’ type 47 times (47.59%). It was discussed that the palatalization of Chinese characters progressed in the 16th in Korean letters, and the remarkable spread in the 17th. Second, in previous studies on linguistic literature, it is said that palatalization of Chinese characters is a sequential process from Seolsangeum(舌上音) to Seoldueum(舌頭音), showing a general diffusion trend in the 1720s. However, in the 16th and 17th Korean letters of this paper, Seolduem(舌頭音) ‘條, 調, 丁, 天, 添, 定, 弔, 地’ appear in palatalized form. The period of palatalization was also considered to be in the 1720s, and ‘朝, 知, 智, 重, 丈, 場, 傳, 趙, 直, 鎭, 陳, 張’ in the ‘知系 3等字’ appeared in the 16th to 17th Korean letters as a palatalization type. Third, Suncheon Kim Clan, which shows the initial process of palatalization of Chinese characters, discusses the hypercorrection of the 'ㅈi, ㅊi' system, and the Hyeonpoong Gwak Clan, which shows the trend of spreading palatalization of Chinese consonants, by examining and discussing the prominence of the 'ㄷyV·ㅈyV' system.