19세기 국어의 의태어에 대한 고찰

A Study of Uitae-eo(의태어) in the 19th-Century Korean

This paper examined Uitae-eo(의태어) in the 19th-century Korean, based on Pansori verses. Uitae-eo(의태어) is widely used in Sijo and Pansori, as it has reduplicated forms, end rhyme, and rhythm. The syntactic category of Uitae-eo(의태어) is adverb, so its syntactic function is qualifying verbs. However, Uitae-eo(의태어) can also be used as predicates or adnominals even without any suffixes or endings, which is the distinctive feature that distinguishes Uitae-eo(의태어) from ordinary adverbs. Uitae-eo(의태어) changes its form by alternation of vowels or consonants, and makes new words which have different nuances. As for vowels, low vowels and high vowels alternate. In the case of consonants, slightly aspirated consonants(평음) are alternated with highly aspirated consonants(격음). Or slightly aspirated consonants(평음) are alternated with tense consonants(경음). During the 19th-century, Sino-Korean Uitae-eo(의태어) was widely used. Further discussion on the influence of Sino-Korean on Korean is needed.