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The purpose of the present study lies in examining the vowel harmony of Gangwondo in terms of ongoing change. Through this, we tried to identify the connection of the subregions in Gangwon-do and the direction of the change process. In other words, the study is an attempt to discuss ongoing language changes through a synchronic approach. Based on the assumption that language change progresses gradually through a word like the hypothesis of lexical diffusion, the data showed that although it is in the same environment, the choice of –a/ə ending was different depending on word within one region, and the ratio also varied depending on the region. The study took these results as a sign that language change is progressing gradually based on word, while at the same time it can predict the direction and speed of change through the ratio of choices. In chapter 4, I identifies the situation of vowel harmony in Gangwondo. The data used in this chapter are words contained in the 『한국방언자료집』. The choices of vowel harmony are divided according to the environment such as ending vowel of word stem or words with an irregular conjugation. As a result, a change in the combination of -ə ending took place first in southern Gangwondo, except for Samcheok and Jeongseon. After that time, the combined -ə ending has gradually grown to the north due to the diffusion of the innovation forms. I was able to confirm from a recent survey of Hwacheon that the power of the combined -ə ending is more extensive than ever before. Therefore, it has been confirmed that it is reasonable to set the direction of change from south to north. This study was described by a single phenomenon, the vowel harmony. However, vowel harmony is a phenomenon that is currently ongoing changes in Gangwondo. So vowel harmony is an important phonetic phenomenon that can identify where the key areas driving change are. I suggested the possibility that Pyeongchang would be the one in charge of key area in Gangwondo. I could also confirm once again that the dialect dicision of Gangwondo could be divided into the South and the North.
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Vowel Harmony, Gangwondo Dialect, Lexical Diffusion, Network Analysis, Ongoing Change
