The present paper is supposed to reveal some specific characteristics of Sancheong regional dialect with references to phonological, grammatical and lexical ones. To hit this target, we`ve tried to contrast the Sancheong regional dialect with the Chan...
The present paper is supposed to reveal some specific characteristics of Sancheong regional dialect with references to phonological, grammatical and lexical ones. To hit this target, we`ve tried to contrast the Sancheong regional dialect with the Changwon regional dialect. The consonant system of Sancheong regional dialect has 20 consonants, which differs from that of the present standard Korean language, which has 19 consonants, in that the number of consonant; i. e. one more consonant, the glottal stop ``?``, is revealed in Sancheong regional dialect. The consonant system of Changwon rgional dialect is the same as that of with Sancheong regional dialect. The single vowel system of Sancheong regional dialect is /i, e, ε, ∃, u, o, a/, and the diphthong system of the dialect in question is /je, j∃, ju, jo, ja/ and /wa/. On the other hand, there are six single vowels - i, E, ∃, u, o, a - in Changwon regional dialect. But the diphthong system of Changwon regional dialect is the same with that of Sancheong regional dialect. We have established the glidization and the complete progressive assimilation of ``∂`` which is located the beginning of final ending elements, as the synchronic phonological process and phonological rule. In connection with the grammatical aspects of these dialects, we have examined the declension of pronoun na(나, I) and ni(니, you), the forms of case marking particles and the usage of final ending elements. We have pointed out the same forms of nallo(날로) and nillo(닐로) which are functioned as accusative and dative respectively. We have paid attention to the forms of accusative ro(로), commitative hago(하고), in inferior comparison kama(카마), equal comparison maeiro(매이로) (in Sancheong), maengkeuro(맹크로)/ manchiro(맨치로) (in Changwon). As for the usage of the final ending elements, we have ascertained that the haera-style(해라체), the hage-style(하게체) and the haiso-style(하이소체) are productive, but the haso-style(하소체) is unstable in these two dialects. For the difference of vocabulary in these two dialects, we have presented it in two dimensions, those ones concerned with diachronic phonological rule and purely lexical ones.