A study on the unexpected phonological change in the English loanwords in Korean from Japanese

• 발행기관: 한국사회언어학회
• 저자명: Choi Kyung-ae
• 간행물 정보: 『사회언어학』제20권 1호, 295~315쪽, 전체 21쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2012.06.30

영문 초록

Choi, Kyung-ae. 2012. A study on the unexpected phonological change in the English loanwords in Korean from Japanese. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 20(1). pp. 295-315. The purpose of this study is to inquire about sound change by tracing the transition of English loanwords in Korean, which came from Japan, from phonological and sociolinguistic perspectives. The Japanese-style English loanwords from an earlier period have been transformed into newly adjusted forms at a surprisingly rapid rate and many of them have shown unexpected sound changes which went against general Korean phonological rules. This shows that sound change is not necessarily expected to occur in accordance with language-specific phonological rules. It can occur through the political and sociological will of speakers against their native grammar at a surprisingly rapid rate.

목차

Abstract

1. Introduction

2. Adjustment mechanism in loanwords

3. Properties of loanwords and diachronic analysis

4. Conclusion

References

키워드

English loanwords Japanese diachronic sound change phonological rule