A Tentative for Compiling a 15th Century Korean Dictionary

Abstract

This thesis aims at reviewing some problems related to the compilation of a 15th century Korean dictionary. For this purpose, the present writer has taken a general view of the whole shape of the existing old Korean dictionaries and felt it necessary to compile century-distinct dictionaries. In this sense the relatively copious material accumulated so far, makes for a strong foundation of the compilation of a 15th century dictionary. Along these lines, he has collected and studied the target materials in general. At this point he has realized the necessity of clarifying the characteristics of these related materials, and compiling a list of them. Two points were revealed by this procedure. It is as follows: 1. Chinese-origin words, which were Once excluded because of their peculiarity, should be registered 2. As for head items, tone marking should be reflected. At the same time, he has compared the worth of Nam(l960) and Yoo(1964), and reviewed compilatory problems