In January 1, 2017, the road name address system was adopted in full scale in Korea. Since that time, various researches in, for example, administrative, economic, and information respects on the road name address system have been done. It is remarkab... In January 1, 2017, the road name address system was adopted in full scale in Korea. Since that time, various researches in, for example, administrative, economic, and information respects on the road name address system have been done. It is remarkable that there have been active discussions on how to settle down the new system. But, first of all, it is necessary to approach the meanings of road names with Korean language perspective. As road names are the first means in searching for locations, they should be what can be easily remembered, and they should symbolize the places. Among all the 1,878 road names of Sejong Metropolitan Autonomous City, this research chose 942 road names excluding the overlapping names. Then, the latter part elements of the terms were analyzed, and 631 terms which are not duplicated by division elements of latter part elements were finally chosen, and the whole part elements of them were analyzed in Korean language perspective. Based on these analyses, this research tries to assess the current situation of road names and find out problems, and suggest some desirable solutions. Latter part elements of road names are as follows: expressway (1), dero (3), ro (156), and gil (782). division elements of latter part elements are expressed by number and direction. Numerical type division elements are 'ro' (16), and 'gil' (105), and directional type division elements are 'ro' (4), and 'gil'(13). The whole elements of road names were examined with respect to phonemes, forms, language kinds, and meanings. Phonemes were divided by the number of syllables: 1 syllable (2), 2 syllables (283), 3 syllables (193), 4 syllables (115), 5 syllables (36), 6 syllables (1), and 7 syllables (1). Word forms were divided into single word (38), derivative word (9), and compound word (584). Word kinds consisted of native word (127), Chinese character word (326), foreign language (1), and mixed kind (177). In terms of meanings of road names, there are administrative and legal district name (218), natural place name (330), history (21), local characteristics (36), and conceptual expression (26). The analysis of whole elements of road names showed that 1 town and 9 myeons use road names utilizing natural village names which use native words, mixed words and Chinese character words in roughly equal proportions, and there are many small roads expressed by 'gil'. On the other hand, 3 dongs use native words and conceptual words in high proportion, and there were big roads in the level of 'ro‘ or above levels. Examining current road names, this research investigated problems of the names and suggested some ideas. First, this research suggested hierarchical problems about 'gil', and suggested that it is necessary to cosnider 'gogegil, gosatgil, and golmokgil'. Second, it also offered problems in naming convenience and meaning clarity in creating road names by choosing one syllable from each of two places. This research emphasized that, as road names have functions of indicating locations and directions, and of inferring the characteristics of the locations, meaning clarity should be considered more importantly than naming convenience. Third, it also pointed out that, there are many conceptual words made up of native terms, but which do not consider local characteristics. It suggested that one should choose native terms which pass through historical proof test of being related with the places as road names. Forth, it also revealed that, as explanations of road names tend to be too simple or ambiguous, it is necessary to deal with them more systematically. Dealing with various aspects of road names, this research has limits that it did not focus on a specific area more in detail. Nevertheless, this research can give some hints in researches on road names in 4-6 living sphere of Sejong City and other regions. Key Words: Road Name, Latter part element, Phoneme, Form, Language kind, Meaning, Sejong City ，韩语毕业论文，韩语论文 |
