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A Study on Some Forms that Originated from the Dependent Noun “것” [kət]
Cross-Cultural Studies
2015,
41(), pp.245-273
DOI : 10.21049/ccs.2015.41..245
Publisher : Center for Cross Culture Studies
Research Area : Literature
DOI : 10.21049/ccs.2015.41..245
Publisher : Center for Cross Culture Studies
Research Area : Literature
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the characteristics of some forms, “거” [kə], “게” [ke], and “걸” [kəl], which originated from a dependent noun “것” [kət]. Nowadays, some studies have argued that these forms are allomorphs of “것” [kət]. However, they are not allomorphs because they do not show a complementary distribution with “것” [kət]. Moreover, we should not deal with “게” [ke] and “걸” [kəl] as at the same level of “것” [kət] and “거” [kə] because they respectively consist of “거” [kə], and the subjective case marker “이” [i] or the accusative case marker “ㄹ” [l]. In other words, they function as an element of a sentence. Therefore, just the “거” [kə] and “걸” [kəl] remain to be argued about concerning variation among them. Especially, the “거” [kə] is almost freely alternated with “것” [kət], whereas even though “걸” [kəl], which is not part of KP (N + case marker), is very restricted so as to appear to be from “거” [kə]. Of course, the restriction they show cannot be under the condition that corresponds to the conception of the alternation. In conclusion, only the “거” [kə] is just an optional variation morph of “것” [kət], whereas “걸” [kəl] is an optional variation morph of “거” [kə]. There is no allomorph of “것” [kət] in the forms originated from itself.
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