Hangul — A hybrid orthography
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Hangul is widely categorized as a classic example of a morphophonemic orthography, in which each morpheme receives a single spelling, even if its pronunciation varies from context to context. This paper makes the case that Hangul is in fact a hybrid orthography that adheres to a morphophonemic strategy for spelling consonants but adopts the conventions of a phonetic writing system for representing vowels. Various explanations for this arrangement are considered.
Source: Korean Linguistics
DOI: 10.1075/kl.00009.ogr
Author: William O’Grady
Institution: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4404188329