There are various studies about the Korean orthography but studies about punctuation marks are still insufficient. However, the necessity of supplementing the current punctuation marks are being raised through several events such as "The discussion on...
There are various studies about the Korean orthography but studies about punctuation marks are still insufficient. However, the necessity of supplementing the current punctuation marks are being raised through several events such as "The discussion on detailed rules of punctuation marks" held by the National Institute of the Korean Language. In this study, I emphasized the importance of supplementing the current punctuation mark system and reorganized the detailed regulations in order to be helpful to the volume 'Punctuation Mark' in the future revised version of Korean orthography.
In the second chapter, I clarified the concept and the scope and examined the changes of the punctuation marks. The concept of punctuation mark varies according to the authors and the scope is slightly different as well. In this study, a punctuation mark is defined as 'Auxiliary measure to overcome the limitations of literary language based on colloquial language and help understand the contents of the sentence.' and excluded the marks on printing and general marks.
In chapter three, I pointed out the problems of the overall punctuation marks and of each item and proposed the improvement measures. The problems of overall punctuation marks are the problems regarding the position, system and names of punctuation marks, setting of punctuation marks for vertical writing, spacing words, overlapped punctuation marks and addition of the punctuation marks. In addition, I reviewed the current Korean orthography and the each regulation presented in the detailed proposition of punctuation mark prepared by the National Institute of the Korean Language in 2002. I also proposed details that can be adopted as our regulations by referring to 『The regulation of Chosun language (1987)』by North Korea and The Chicago Manual of Style(1993) and proposed proper 'Punctuation mark measures' suitable for the real-world communication.
The remaining task is to prepare for the punctuation mark regulations considering the unity with the punctuation marks of North Korea. Also, it is necessary to research about 'The punctuation marks used in the footnote' and 'The punctuation marks indicating the chapters and verses' that are not discussed in this study.