2021.09.06 20:32
저자: 이주희
제목: 후기 중세국어 모음의 자질론 재고
Lee, Juhee. 2021. The
featural system of late Middle Korean vowels. Studies in Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology 27.2 251-273. The purpose of this paper is to
analyze the vowel system of late Middle Korean (15th century) with
respect to the terminology (舌縮, 舌小縮, 不縮, 口蹙, 口長) used in Hunminjungum
Haerye. First, regarding the diagonal system, we suggest that the feature [RTR]
is one of the major features that divides retracted vowels(舌縮) and non-retracted vowels (舌小縮). By following specification theory, the vowel /i/(不縮) is redundant and behaves as a neutral vowel,
considering Korean vowel harmony. Second, we propose that /u, o/ (口蹙) and /ə, a/(口長) are considered as [labial]
and [low], respectively, and are used for feature enhancement (Stevens and
Keyser 1989). Third, the application of [+口蹙] and [+口長] makes vowels more marked
than the three basic vowels: /i, ɨ, and ʌ/. Therefore, 舌縮 ([RTR]), 口蹙 ([labial])
and 口長 ([low])
are all independent phonological features that systematically distinguish seven vowels in late Middle Korean. (Kyung Hee University, Associate
Professor)
Keywords: Hunminjungum, vowel, RTR, labial, low, feature enhancement.
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