Reexamination about a Korea language study book "Kowa":Based on Collation with the history record

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25770163
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Ryukoku University
• Principal Investigator: Kyo Sumi 龍谷大学, 文学部, 講師 (50612826)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 朝鮮語学 / 対馬宗家文書 / 講話 / 捷解新語 / 小田幾五郎

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study is to reveal the mutual influence between Korean language textbooks and historical materials, as a study of the production of Korean language textbooks during the Edo period.The recent studies have revealed that the historical materials have many influences on the background of the production of the language textbooks.
In this study, I have compared the textbook “Kowa” and the historical materials such as “Tsushima Soke Monjo” ( the “So family’s documents of Tsushima Domain”) etc. in order to reveal the process of the establishment of “Kowa”.As a result, the incident, which was a topic of the model sentences in “Kowa”, was identified with that in the historical materials such as “Tsushima Soke Monjo” etc, and it was partly revealed that the process of the production of the model sentences.

Free Research Field

人文学