19世纪西方人韩国语句法研究探析

On the Syntactic Research on Korean by Westerners in the 19th Century

19世纪,西方传教士、外交官和学者是韩国语语法研究的先驱。他们主要采用对比、例证、批判等方法,参照西方语法体系,从语序、引语、敬语、复句和与语法相关的标点符号等方面考察了韩国语的基本句法现象,初步揭示出韩国语的句法特点,其研究不仅填补了韩国语句法研究的空白,还为后来的韩国语句法研究铺平了道路。

Syntactic research on Korean was first initiated by Western missionaries, diplomats and scholars in the 19th century. Referring to western grammars and using analogy, exemplification and discrimination, they examined the syntactic phenomena of Korean as regards word order, quotations, honorifics, complex sentences and punctuations. The studies not only revealed the basics of the Korean syntax, but also pioneered subsequent studies.