In this paper, it is aimed at defining the dialect area, which divides leona dialects into each of the East and West Jeolla, and also is intended to verify the propriety of the defining from the point of veiw of the linguistic facts and anthrogeograph...
In this paper, it is aimed at defining the dialect area, which divides leona dialects into each of the East and West Jeolla, and also is intended to verify the propriety of the defining from the point of veiw of the linguistic facts and anthrogeography. Most of the previous papers that studied leona dialect have been, either directly or indirectly, classifying it into two sections that are dialects of Jeonnam and Jeonbuk and giving a description of each individual dialect within the frame of the classification. The division of the dialect, however, isn't always accord with the actual linguistic facts. Therefore, the present writer has proposed another division of the dialect area, which is dividing the area into the West leona and the East leona instead of dividing it into the North and South.