15세기 국어의 어휘적 대우

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss the characteristics of the Lexical Honorifics in the 15th century Korean. Korean Honorifics is divided into Syntactic Honorifics and Lexical Honorifics. The Syntactic Honorifics is divided into Subject Honorifics, Hearer Honorifics and Object Honorifics. The Syntactic Honorifics is realized by using special endings, while the Lexical Honorifics is realized by special words. In modern Korean, for example, " Jabsusida(잡수시다)" and " Jumusida(주무시다)" are used instead of "Meogda(먹다), Jada(자다)" to express respect to target person. In 15th century Lexical honorifics can be divided into four types accoring to the case of respected person. They are Nominative Honorifics(" Gyeosida(겨시다), Jwasida(좌시다)"), Accusative․Dative Honorifics(" Boeda(뵈다), Moesida(뫼시다)") Accusative Honorifics (" Bad-da1(받다1), Deurida(드리다)") and Dative Honorifics(" Bad-da2(받다2)"). Especially the usage of the Accusative․Dative Honorifics that is not used in modern Korean is a prominent feature in the 15th century Korean.