DIALECTS AT THE BORDER BETWEEN KOREA AND CHINA

• Authors: Choonkyu LEE

Title variants

KO

북-중 국경지역 한국어 방언 실태

PL

DIALEKTY NA GRANICY KOREAŃSKO-CHIŃSKIEJ

Abstracts

KO

이 연구는 북한과, 북한-중국 국경 부근에 거주하는 한국계 중국인들의 방언 비교 분석을 다룬다. 북한 정권의 불안정과 난민의 증가가 예견되는 지금, 한국어 외에도 영어 및 다른 언어로도 볼 수 있는 자료물이 시급히 필요하다. 본고는 남-북한 방언 구분보다 북한-조선족 방언 구분이 더 힘든 점을 음성 샘플 분석을 통해 보이고, 문헌 분석을 바탕으로 이 방언들의 구분되는 특징을 찾는 데 유용한 지침을 제시한다. 지속적인 새터민들과의 협력과 비교방언학 현지조사를 통해 최신 정보를 더 구축해야 할 것이다.

PL

W niniejszym artykule przedstawione zostanie badanie dialektologiczne dialektów, jakimi posługują się użytkownicy języka Demokratycznej Republiki Ludowej Korei oraz koreańskich dialektów etnicznych u Koreańczyków pochodzenia koreańsko-chińskiego na granicy koreańsko-chińskiej. Badanie tych dialektów jest obecnie niezmiernie istotne zwłaszcza w kontekście politycznym i społecznym (w zakresie osób mogących ubiegać się o azyl). Przytoczone i omówione zostają przykłady próbek mowy by zilustrować trudności w odróżnianiu osób z Korei Północnej od osób posługujących się dialektami etnicznymi koreańsko-chińskimi. Punktem wyjścia dla zobrazowania tych trudności jest uprzednie zestawienie próbek mówców północnokoreańskich i południowokoreańskich. W oparciu o dotychczasową literaturę przedmiotu, sformułowane zostają wskazówki dotyczące sposobów identyfikacji mówców należących do tych wspólnot komunikatywnych. Wskazana jest także konieczność kontynuacji badań w tym zakresie.

EN

In this paper, we seek a closer comparative dialectological study of the dialects of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Korean dialects of the ethnically Korean Chinese near the Korea-China border. Accessible resources published in English and other languages besides Korean are particularly necessary in these times of increasing instability in the North Korean regime and foreseeable cases of asylum seekers. Speech samples are discussed to illustrate the relative difficulty of distinguishing between North Korean and Korean-Chinese speakers, compared to distinguishing between North Korean and South Korean speakers. Based on an over-view of previous literature, some guidelines are developed for identifying some distinguishing characteristics of these speech communities. Continuing dialectological research with refugees and field research making direct comparisons between these communities are necessary for further and up-to-date insight.

Keywords

PL

Korea Północna (KRLD); mniejszość koreańska; dialekt koreański; azyl; analiza językowa służąca ustaleniu kraju pochodzenia (LADO)

EN

North Korea; Korean-Chinese; Korean dialects; asylum; LADO

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: International Journal of Korean Humanities and Social Sciences
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 2
• Pages: 157-178

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Choonkyu LEE

• University of Potsdam Department of Linguistics Haus 14 Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25 14476 Potsdam, Germany

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/kr.2016.02.08

Biblioteka Nauki

1040290