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IA contrasting study on the vocabulary system of verbs in Japanese and Korean -Focusing on the transitive and intransitive verb pairs and the passive forms of verbs

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ABSTRACT

This study aims at analyzing and contrasting the vocabulary system of verbs in Japanese and Korean, specially focusing on thephenomenon to make transitive and intransitive verb pairs, and their relation to the passive forms of transitive verbs. For example, 切る/切れる/切られる in Japanese, 끊다/끊기다/끊어지다 in Korean. The necessary semantic condition for a transitive verb to make a pair with an intransitive one is, according to the Hayatsu Emico'sresearch(1995), that it implies the meaning [change of state in its patient]. Based on Hayatsu's viewpoint, I analyzed the verbs ofJapanese and Korean, and compared the two languages in that respect. In addition, I tried to explain the functional difference betweenthe intransitive verb and the passive form which comes from the same transitve verb. In Japanese, the two are different in form, but inKorean the same verb form like {V-이다} or {V-어지다} functions as an intransitive verb, and in some case as a passive verb. Finally, Ifound and showed six types of corresponding in vocabulary system of verbs between the two languages.

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