The Standardization of Korean Grammar Terminology – A Focus on ‘The Development of Standard Korean Grammar’ -
한재영 · Grammar Education · 2017
This study, as part of ‘The Development of Standard Korean language Grammar’ project, aims to provide recommendations for standardized grammatical terms. To unify grammatical terms, which we regarded as a preceding condition to develop standard Korean grammar, we attempt to revise grammatical terms and make recommendations for standardized grammatical terms. For this purpose, we have thoroughly examined grammatical terms used in grammar books and Standard Korean Language Dictionary. Since we conduct this work as part of ‘The Development of Standard Korean language Grammar’ project, we analyze the terms included in the manuscript of ‘The Development of a Standard Korean language Grammar’. Based on the examined list of terms, we develop ‘The list of Repetitive Grammatical Terms’ that contains synonymous grammatical terms, the subject we have reviewed in this paper. Through the above-mentioned process, we suggest the criteria for establishing standard Korean grammar terminology. The criteria proposed in this paper include exhaustiveness, modernity, normality, traditionality, systematicity, conformity, productivity, typicality, the possibility of redundancy, and simplicity. To obtain as many grammatical terms as possible for our review and to offer practical implications of the study, we include both ‘exhaustiveness’ and ‘modernity’ in the criteria. The other criteria applied in the paper are ‘normality, traditionality, systematicity, consistency, productivity, the possibility of redundancy, and simplicity’. In addition, by reviewing the on-going ‘Standard Korean Language Grammar’ Project, we examine the various specific problems that researchers are up against during the selection process of grammar terms.