Abstract
This article explores how a laryngeal sound /h/ is presented in the school grammar textbooks. In this research, I examined Gugeo (Korean Language) and Doseo wa mumbup (Reading and Grammar) that had been developed in accordance with the General Guidelines of Curriculum Revised in 2009. The textbook of Korean Language has eleven kinds, and the Reading and Grammar is currently available in six different kinds. In the textbooks, the phoneme /h/ is not considered as an aspirated sound, but it is rather categorized as an non-aspirated sound under the consonant system. However, it is introduced as an aspirated sound in the explanation describing the contraction between /h/ and /p, t, ʧ, k/. Such description appears in school grammar books in general. However, in phonological sense, the aspirated sound of /h/ is weaker than the other aspirated consonants such as /ph, th, ʧh, kh/, but is stronger than /p, t, ʧ, k/. The contraction between ‘/h/ and /p, t, ʧ, k/, which is altered into /ph, th, ʧh, kh/, clearly shows that /h/ should be included as an aspirated sound. This phonological fact uncovers that /h/ is an aspirated sound. Therefore, the school grammar textbooks should consider /h/ as an aspirated sound to avoid confusion and make it clear for students.
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