A Comprehensive Investigation of Generation Gaps in Recent Seoul Dialect of Korean

1989 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 63041014
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Overseas Scientific Survey.
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: Field Research
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAMURA Tamotsu Professor, Faculty of Letters, Tohoku University, 文学部, 教授 (20004054)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 康 仁善 ソウル大学校, 人文大学, 講師 ; 金 東俊 神田外語大学, 教授 (60195352) ; UMEDA Hiroyuki Professor, Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa,, アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所, 教授 (20014459) ; KANG In-seon Lecturer, Department of Humanities, Seoul National University ; KIM Dong-jun Professor, Kanda University of International Studies
• Project Period (FY): 1988 – 1989
• Keywords: Generation gaps / Phoneme / Grammar / Basic vocabulary / Diachronic change / Analogy / Vowel

Research Abstract

In this proiect. we tried to examine the generation gaps.i.e., several differences which are observable in the use of phonemes, vocabularies and other aspects in Seoul dialect among the various age groups.
We interviewed young and old speakers of Seoul mun-an, i.e., the area surrounded by the ancient Seoul castle walls, and described characteristic features of the sound forms, usages and other aspects according to the age groups. We also clarified the conditions of the diachronical changes of vowels occurring in Seoul dialect.