A Study on the Tables of Conjugation in Korean Dictionaries

 

 

A Study on the Tables of Conjugation in Korean Dictionaries

 

Bae Juchae

 

「국어사전 용언활용표의 음운론적 연구」 『한국문화』 52, 서울대 규장각한국학연구원, 2010. 12. 30. (pp.23-52)

Han'guk Munhwa: Korean Culture 52, December 2010, Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies, Seoul National University.

 

 

    The purpose of this paper is to examine the tables of conjugation attached to 8 Korean dictionaries in terms of phonological perspective, out of which 3 were compiled by Japanese scholars.  4 dictionaries out of them try to classify conjugational endings phonologically, and 5 try to classify conjugational stems phonologically.  Cosmos Korean-Japanese Dictionary (コスモス朝和辭典)(1988), Shogakukan Korean-Japanese Dictionary (朝鮮語辭典)(1993), and Korea University's Korean Dictionary (고려대 한국어대사전)(2009) show comparatively systematic and accurate tables of conjugation.  Conjugational aspects are displayed in the most concise form in Shogakukan Korean-Japanese Dictionary, which still has minor defects.  When we design a better table of conjugation, we should decide at the same time how to relate it to the conjugational descriptions in the main text of a dictionary.