한국의 일본어 연구 : 동향과 과제

초록

Japanese language studies in Korea are facing dual difficulties due to the reduction of related university departments, the aging of researchers, and the decreasing number of young researchers. The expansion of research papers that occurred after 2000 has shown a decreasing trend since 2016 with the concomitant aging of researchers. In terms of research content, a study of Japanese grammar, which occupied the mainstream, has decreased, while the proportion of Japanese language education has increased. This has been attributed to the increasing number of papers by Japanese researchers in Korea. On the other hand, research agendas, such as research on linguistic genealogy in the 1970s, research on Japanese-made Chinese words (和製漢語) in the Korean language in the 1980s, and Japanese history utilizing Korean materials (Japanese language textbooks of Sayeokwon (司譯院)) in the 1990s, and research on cognitive linguistics and linguistic typology have intermittently received academic spotlights, but they did not develop into earnest discussions. The absence of a central research agenda may be related closely to the diversification of research topics centered on Japanese language education. In addition, the recent emergence of Korean researchers who publish English papers in international journals (A&HCI, SCOPUS), and publications in Korean journals by foreign researchers, such as China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, are noted as a new trend in Japanese language studies.

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