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Semantic Alternation of Korean Case Markers ‘에e’ and ‘에게ege’, and ‘에서eseo’ and ‘에게서egeseo’
Cross-Cultural Studies
2014,
36(), pp.271-291
DOI : 10.21049/ccs.2014.36..271
Publisher : Center for Cross Culture Studies
Research Area : Literature
DOI : 10.21049/ccs.2014.36..271
Publisher : Center for Cross Culture Studies
Research Area : Literature
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In this paper, we maintain that case makers ‘에e’ and ‘에게ege’, and ‘에서eseo’and ‘에게서egeseo’ are not two separate morphemes but are simply allomorphsof the same morphemes respectively. When ‘에e’ and ‘에게ege’ are used as adative marker, they show exactly the same semantic function and are incomplementary distribution in relation to the semantic features of their precedingnoun; that is, if the preceding noun is an animate noun, ‘에게ege’ is used and‘에e’ is used if not. Also, ‘에게서egeseo’ and ‘에서eseo’ as ablative and locativecase makers show exactly the same semantic function and show complementarydistribution depending on whether the preceding noun is animate or non-animate. Therefore, we assume that these markers are semantically conditioned allomorphs.
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