训民正音创制与模仿争议：从基本字符到语言来源探讨.pdfVIP

HunminjeongeumandImitation

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Accordingto『Hunminjeongeum』,itismentionedhowHunminjeongeumcharacterswere

created.Everycharacterisoriginatedfromfivebasiccharacters;ㄱ(/g/,velar),ㄴ(/n/,lingual),

ㅁ(/m/,labial),ㅅ(/s/,dental),ㅇ(//2guttural).Fromthesebasiccharacters,morethanone

strikewasaddedtoexpressdifferentphonticvalues.Forexample,‘ㄱ’-‘ㅋ’-‘ᅌ’,‘ㄴ’-‘ㄷ’-

‘ㅌ’,‘ㅁ’-‘ㅂ’,‘ㅅ’-‘ㅈ’-‘ㅊ’,and‘ㅇ’-‘ㅎ’-‘ᅙ’.Othertwocharacterswereaddedasan

exception;ᅀ(semi-lingual)andㄹ(semi-labial).Thissystemisconsideredasscientificand

convenient.However,somepeoplecastdoubttothisexnation,sayingthatitisinadequate.

Themainpointis‘DidHunminjeongeumimitateotherlanguage?’Ifthatistrue,then‘What

kindoflanguagewasit?’Therehavebeensomanytheories;zhuànshū,‘Phags-pa,an,

n(Sanskrit,Brahmi,Gujarati,etc.),Hebrew,ancientlanguage(Garimto/Sindae),andsoon.

SomepeopleeveninsistedthatKingSejongcreatedHunminjeongeumfromtheshapeof

latticeddoors3.Thisdebateisimportantbecausewecanunveilthestructureof

Hunminjeongeum.Therearemanycandidates,butpeopleconsiderzhuànshūand‘Phags-pathe

most.Also,ancientcharacterssuchasGarimtoandSindaearecontroversialsincetheycanbe

relatedtopatriotismornationalism.Inthischapter,let’stalkaboutthosecharactersmainly.

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-Zhuànshū

Itmaybelittleoddtoreferthisoldhandwritingasastrongcandidate,butmanypeople

considerthisasastrongcandidatebecauseoftheAnnal.“Inthismonth,thekinghimselfcreated