Monosyllabic Affective Hypocoristics of Korean Names
In this paper, I investigate the formation and phonological alternations of Korean monosyllabic hypocoristics that are used without a vocative marker. Korean monosyllabic hypocoristics are the result of truncation and merging. The study showed that the inclination to keep the second syllable is mor...
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In this paper, I investigate the formation and phonological alternations of Korean monosyllabic hypocoristics that are used without a vocative marker. Korean monosyllabic hypocoristics are the result of truncation and merging. The study showed that the inclination to keep the second syllable is more pronounced in truncated forms. The most common type of merging is ‘onset of 1st syllable + rhyme of 2nd syllable’. This illustrates the symmetrical base anchoring template, in which the template’s edges are anchored to the base’s right and left edges. The phonological alternations that Korean monosyllabic hypocoristics go through include tensification of obstruents, stopping of plain fricative or affricate, nasal velarization, nasal insertion, vowel rounding, vowel simplification, and palatal glide insertion before a vowel. Consonantal alternations over vocalic alternations seem to be preferred. All of the segmental alternations are present in the Aegyo speech register.
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| spelling | doaj.art-4be5f778ba2242d1a5a32d3ee92c3fee2023-06-08T20:53:30ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghNames0027-77381756-22792023-06-0171210.5195/names.2023.2537Monosyllabic Affective Hypocoristics of Korean NamesHayeun Jang In this paper, I investigate the formation and phonological alternations of Korean monosyllabic hypocoristics that are used without a vocative marker. Korean monosyllabic hypocoristics are the result of truncation and merging. The study showed that the inclination to keep the second syllable is more pronounced in truncated forms. The most common type of merging is ‘onset of 1st syllable + rhyme of 2nd syllable’. This illustrates the symmetrical base anchoring template, in which the template’s edges are anchored to the base’s right and left edges. The phonological alternations that Korean monosyllabic hypocoristics go through include tensification of obstruents, stopping of plain fricative or affricate, nasal velarization, nasal insertion, vowel rounding, vowel simplification, and palatal glide insertion before a vowel. Consonantal alternations over vocalic alternations seem to be preferred. All of the segmental alternations are present in the Aegyo speech register. https://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/2537hypocoristicKoreagiven namesound symbolismphonologyedge anchoring |
| spellingShingle | Hayeun Jang Monosyllabic Affective Hypocoristics of Korean Names Names hypocoristic Korea given name sound symbolism phonology edge anchoring |
| title | Monosyllabic Affective Hypocoristics of Korean Names |
| title_full | Monosyllabic Affective Hypocoristics of Korean Names |
| title_fullStr | Monosyllabic Affective Hypocoristics of Korean Names |
| title_full_unstemmed | Monosyllabic Affective Hypocoristics of Korean Names |
| title_short | Monosyllabic Affective Hypocoristics of Korean Names |
| title_sort | monosyllabic affective hypocoristics of korean names |
| topic | hypocoristic Korea given name sound symbolism phonology edge anchoring |
| url | https://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/2537 |
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