TRANSACTIONS OF THE KOREA BRANCH OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY VOL. XXIX 1939 CONTENTS PAGE Romanization of the Korean Language by G. M. McCane University of California, E. O. Reischauer Harvard University 1-55 The Yi Dynasty Annals of Korea by G. M. McCune 57-82 Minutes of Annual Meeting and Reports 83-88 Officers for 1939 89 List of Members 90-94 Exchanges 95 THE ROMANIZATION OF THE KOREAN LANGUAGE BASED UPON ITS PHONETIC STRUCTURE G. M. McCune, University of California, E. O. Reischauer, Harvard University TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 I. Introduction … … … II. The Vowels 10 … … Simple vowels 10 … … … … Labialized vowels and diphthongs 14 … Yotized or palatized vowels 16 … Long and short forms of the vowels 18 … Irregularities in the pronunciation of the vowels 20 … in individual vowels 21 “Disintegration” … … Assimilation between vowels 22 … … … III. The Consonants 24 … … … Plosive consonants 25 … … … Unvoiced plosives 27 … … … Voiced plosives 28 … … … plosives 39 “Forced” … … … Aspirated plosives 31 … … … Non-plosive consonants 32 … … Nasal consonants 33 … … … Lateral and semi-roiled consonants 34 … Fricative consonants 35 … … … Rules for the Romanization of the consonant letters 36 … The medial glottal stop (sai siot) and irregular assimilation between consonants 43 … … … The consonants in new spelling and their Romanization 46 … IV. Other considerations 49 … … Syllables and words in Romanization 49 … The Romanization of proper names and tit 52 …
TRANSACTIONS OF THE KOREA BRANCH OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY VOL. XXIX 1939 CONTENTS PAGE Romanization of the Korean Language by G. M. McCane University of California, E. O. Reischauer Harvard University 1-55 The Yi Dynasty Annals of Korea by G. M. McCune 57-82 Minutes of Annual Meeting and Reports 83-88 Officers for 1939 89 List of Members 90-94 Exchanges 95 THE ROMANIZATION OF THE KOREAN LANGUAGE BASED UPON ITS PHONETIC STRUCTURE G. M. McCune, University of California, E. O. Reischauer, Harvard University TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction … … … 1 II. The Vowels … … 10 Simple vowels … … … … 10 Labialized vowels and diphthongs … 14 Yotized or palatized vowels … 16 Long and short forms of the vowels … 18 Irregularities in the pronunciation of the vowels … 20 “Disintegration” in individual vowels … … 21 Assimilation between vowels … … … 22 III. The Consonants … … … 24 Plosive consonants … … … 25 Unvoiced plosives … … … 27 Voiced plosives … … … 28 “Forced” plosives … … … 39 Aspirated plosives … … … 31 Non-plosive consonants … … 32 Nasal consonants … … … 33 Lateral and semi-roiled consonants … 34 Fricative consonants … … … 35 Rules for the Romanization of the consonant letters … 36 The medial glottal stop (sai siot) and irregular assimilation between consonants … … … 43 The consonants in new spelling and their Romanization … 46 IV. Other considerations … … 49 Syllables and words in Romanization … 49 The Romanization of proper names and tit … 52
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