한ㆍ일 음성상징어의 비교 연구

A Study on Phoneme in Korean and Japanese : Focused on the Sound Symbolism

This essay has examined the sound symbolism expressly developed in Korean and Japanese of the languages of the world, supposing that the sound symbolism in Japanese words are increasing and developing because of the structure of symbolic words itself or internal differences. It explains the degree of sensitivity to language meaning the sound symbolism with the term 'Aug and Dim' which would comprehend abstract senses. Magnitude of sonority in vocalic features is regarded as the reason why the sound symbolic words represent 'Aug and Dim.' The analysis of contrast pair in the sound symbolism which consists of anterior vowels and contrast ones on the standard of initial vowels include following conclusion as: a. Sonority magnitude and sequence in Korean and Japanese vowels coincide with each other. b. A sequence of Aug of the sound symbolism in Korean are systematically sonority, front vowel, and high vowel. c. Discriminating the degree on Aug and Dim and finding its contrast pair are not simple in vowels /i/ and /u/ that have similar sonority differences. d. Aug and Dim of the sound symbolism in Japanese is not greatly influenced by sonority or any particular vowel feature, but the significance for contrast pair is arbitrary. e. The sound symbolism in Korean confronts more regularly vowel sonority and tongue location feature than in Japanese; dividing Aug and Dim is simple in the grade of meaning as well. f. At least, the sound symbolism in Japanese is not regular as the correspondence by sonority of vowel feature. g. Phonological characters of the sound symbolism in Japanese that allows free and subjective expressions could be the factor to make a coined word.