CONTENTS
간행사 = 3
Prefatory Note = 5
Contents = 9
Introduction = 15
Chapter 1. Writing in Korea Prior to the Invention of the Alphabet = 31
The Chinese Script = 32
Pre-Alphabetic Transcriptions of Korean Words = 39
Pre-Alphabetic Transcription of Korean Texts : Type Ⅰ (Hyangch'al) = 44
Pre-Alphabetic Transcription of Korean Texts : Type Ⅱ (Idu) = 54
The Meaning of the Term Idu : Traditions on the Origin of Idu = 60
Conclusions = 67
Chapter 2. The Cultural Background for the Invention of the Alphabet = 85
The Intellectual Climate of the Early Chos breve on Dynasty = 86
The Need for an Alphabet : The Study of Chinese Phonology = 92
The Need for an Alphabet : Consciousness of the National Language = 98
Korean Experience With Other Languages and Scripts = 100
(1) Chinese = 102
(2) Mongolian = 102
(3) Jur breve cen = 104
(4) Japanese and Ryukyuan = 105
Sejong, Inventer of the Korean Alphabet = 107
Chapter 3 The Announcement and Early Progress of the Korean Alphabet = 127
The Period of Sejong's Work on the Alphabet = 127
The Announcement of 1443/4 = 134
The Anti-alphabet Memorial of Ch'oe Malli = 136
Chapter 4 The Correct Sounds for the Instruction of the People = 161
Introduction = 161
(1) The Korean versions are all alike in that they contain the text of HC only : = 162
(2) Chinese versions = 164
The Preface of Sejong and the Postface of Ch breve ong Inji = 169
The Correct Sounds : Linguistic Background = 176
(1) General Concepts : Sheng and Yin = 177
(2) Consonant Classes : "The Five Innunciants " = 183
(3) Manner of Articulation : Ch'ing and Cho = 188
(4) Vowel Theory = 192
(5) Syllabic Theory = 194
The Correct Sounds : Philosophical Background = 195
The Correct Sounds : Consonants = 209
The Correct Sounds : The Vowels = 232
The Correct Sounds : Letter Shapes = 243
The Correct Sounds : Tone and Pitch = 249
The Correct Sounds : Orthographical Principles = 256
Chapter 4 Appendix = 277
The Correct Sounds for the Instruction of the People = 277
Explanations and Examples of the Correct Sounds for the Instruction of the People = 282
1.0 Explanation of the Design of the Letters = 282
2.0 Explanation of the initial phonemes = 301
3.0 Explanation of the medial phonemes = 303
4.0 Explanation of the terminal phonemes = 305
5.0 Explanation of the Combining of the Letters = 310
6.0 Explanation of the Use of the Letters = 315
Chapter 5 Early History of the Korean Alphabet = 323
Introduction = 323
The Yongbi breve och breve on ka = 326
Buddhist Compilations = 329
Non-Lexical Confucian and Secular Works = 339
Lexical Works and Phonological Research = 343
(5) Other activities of Sejong's commission = 366
(6) Overall View of the Phonological Projects = 369
Opposition to the Alphabet After the Death of Sejong = 376
Other Official and Un-Official Uses of the Alphabet = 378
The Works of Ch'oe Sejin = 382
Chapter 6 A New Explanation of the Origin of the Korean Alphabet = 401
Introduction = 401
The 'phags-pa-Korean Relationship : Graphic Considerations = 406
The 'phags-pa-Korean Relationship : Historical Considerations = 418
Traditional Korean Theories on the Origin of Their Alphabet = 420
The "Old Seal" = 426
Conclusion = 434
Bibliography = 443
Index = 473
