이 글에서는 경상도 여러 지역 청년들의 방언에서 상성형에 일어난 음운변화와, 그 음운변화와 굴절 패러다임과의 관계에 대해서 고찰하였다. 청년층 동남방언에서는 경북 내륙에서 ḦHM_0>HHM_0, 동해안에서 ḦM_0>HM_0(일부 H_0M_0), 동부 경남에서 LM_(м0)>MHM_0, 서부 경남에서 LM_(0м0)>M_0HM_0처럼 모든 지역에서 상성형이 다른 성조형과 합류하였다. 이들은 모두 음성적으로 유표적인 장음 및 저조를 금지하는 제약 때문에 일어난 변화로 볼 수 있다. 단음화가 아직 진행 중인 경북 제보자의 언어를 검토해 보면 규칙 상성형 용언이 불규칙 상성형 용언보다 장음을 잘 보존하는 경향을 보인다. 또한 동부 경남에서는 기원적인 LMM이 MHM과 MMH 사이에서 동요를 보이는데 이 비율은 해당 어절이 어느 패러다임의 일부로 나타나느냐에 따라서 달라진다.

This paper examines the phonological changes of rising phrasal tone which have occurred on several Korean South-east dialects of young people and the interactions between the change and flexional paradigms. Rising phrasal tone has changed to other phrasal tones on all researched dialects of young people; ḦHM0>HHM0 in the inland of Geongbuk, ḦM0>HM0(partly H2M0) in the east coat of Gyeongbuk, LMм0>MHM0 in the east and central Gyeongnam, and LM2м0>M2HM0 in the west Gyeongnam. It can be said that these changes are all due to constraints which ban long vowel or low pitch, which are phonologically marked. An analysis on languages in which vowel shortening is still progressing show us that declinable words with unchangeable rising phrasal tone has stronger tendency to keep long vowels in regard to declinable words with changeable rising phrasal tone. In the east and central Gyeongnam dialects, the phrases which had LMM once are pronounced as MHM or MMH at random, and the rate differs according to the paradigm which the phrase belongs to.

This paper examines the phonological changes of rising phrasal tone which have occurred on several Korean South-east dialects of young people and the interactions between the change and flexional paradigms. Rising phrasal tone has changed to other phrasal tones on all researched dialects of young people; ḦHM0>HHM0 in the inland of Geongbuk, ḦM0>HM0(partly H2M0) in the east coat of Gyeongbuk, LMм0>MHM0 in the east and central Gyeongnam, and LM2м0>M2HM0 in the west Gyeongnam. It can be said that these changes are all due to constraints which ban long vowel or low pitch, which are phonologically marked. An analysis on languages in which vowel shortening is still progressing show us that declinable words with unchangeable rising phrasal tone has stronger tendency to keep long vowels in regard to declinable words with changeable rising phrasal tone. In the east and central Gyeongnam dialects, the phrases which had LMM once are pronounced as MHM or MMH at random, and the rate differs according to the paradigm which the phrase belongs to.

dialect of young people, tone, rising phrasal tone, phonological constraint, flexional paradigm.