韓國漢字音과 中古中國語高口蓋韻尾

Abstract

中國語 音賴組織의 歷史的硏究의 歷史的硏究에 있어서의 轉國漢字音의 重要性은 周知하는 바와 같이, H.Maspéro 博土, B. Karlgren 博土 무렵부터 이미 認禮되어 왔다. B.Karlgren 博土의 所調Ancient Chiness (『切領』 또는 『廣領』)에 反映되어 있는 古代中國語의 音題組織- 여기서는 「中古中國語」라 稱하겠다)도，그 漢字흡價의 再構에 있어서는， 韓國漢字흡에 依據하는 바가 많았다. A hypothesis for two palatal endings, a palatalized and a retroBexed, in Ancient Chinese is proposed. The argument is sparked by the Middle Sino-Korean transcription of the Yii, Hsieh, Keng and T'ung rime-groups, but is mainly based on internal phonological evidence in Chinese. Assuming palatalized endings (both nasalized and un nasalized) for the Keng rime-group and retroBex endings for the T'ung rime-group, the author endeavors to explain why a) only the Keng and the T'ung rim e-groups underwent complete merger of the inner and outer rimes and b) the Chiang rime-group, which should have been part of the T'ung rime-group, merged with the Tang rime-group. The assumption will also account for the difference between the Sino-Korea n reading of the T'ung rime-group vowels and the Medieval Chinese vowels of the same rime-group transcribed with the hangeul in Middle Korean. Inventories of Ancient Chinese initials and finals of the aut hor's latest reconstruction are attached.