Kim, Ji-Yeon . 2012. Seen the establishment of the "Daitouryou" of sino-Japanese acceptance of the word . Language Information . Volume 15. 35-52.
Korea having accepted western civilization from
Japan and China largely tended to accept and use the existing translated
words rather than producing new words after translating them. The word
"大統領？Daitouryou" does not appear in Chinese literatures, but appear
in Japanese literature. But if you think that the word was created based
on the Chinese characters ‘統領？Touryou', you can not deny the effect
from China. But the word "大統領？Daitouryou" is new word originated
from Japanese. It was 1881 when Lee Ho-nyeong came in contact with
the words "大統領？Daitouryou", but around 1892 the word settled down
in Korea. After that, the Sino -Japanese modern character "大統領？
Daitouryou " settled down as a Korea word as it became a headword
in Moon Se yeong'『朝鮮語？典Korean dictionary』in 1938. The Sino
-Japanese modern character "大統領？Daitouryou " accepted as a Korean
word came to mean a leader elected by people in a democratic state. It
has been used in that meaning in Korea. The "大統領？Daitouryou"
appearing in the late of the Shogunate era and the early of Meiji period
is not found in Korean-translated Western literature, but it has early
settled down as a Japanese word, as it was used in public documents
in Chinese characters. It appears that "大統領？Daitouryou" used in the
Japan- U.S. Patron Treaty was the origin in the use. The "大統領？
Daitouryou" in Korea first appeared in 『日？集略-Iisajipryak』in 1881
and was found in annals, textbooks, dictionaries, newspapers, gazettes,
etc. Given the fact that gazettes were used to officially record government
policies and legislation, "大統領？Daitouryou" was introduced to Korea
in 19th century, and has been officially used. But as Korea was a royal
regime in 19th century, it was mainly used to understand foreign culture.
But as a presidency was carried out in 1948, the word was used in earnest
and settled down.
(Korea National Open University)
Key words
: Daitouryou, a modern languages, translated words, the
time of enlightenment, The Korean Empire gazette, Japan-Chinese
character