On the Regularization of the Irregular Vervs in Korean

Abstract

There are a number of Korean verbs which do not follow the general phonological rules of Korean in their conjugation (Choy 1959 : 320- 337; He 1965: 271-273). These verbs are traditionally regarded as morphophonemically irregular predicates, because morphophonemic alternations that occur when the stems of these verbs are followed by certain suffixes are phonologically unpredictable.