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On the meanings of kakaru and kakeru: From the perspective of cognitive linguistics

  • The Japanese Language Association of Korea
  • Abbr : JLAK
  • 2017, (54), pp.47-63
  • Publisher : The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature

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ABSTRACT

By documenting the semantic features of the Japanese verbs kakaru and kakeru, this study examines the motivation for the meaning expansion of ~kakaru and ~kakeru. The study reveals that a sense of "hinderance" derived from kakaru is accountable for the motivation behind the expansion of the aspect meaning "incompeteness" denoted by ~kakaru and ~kakeru , which, accordingly, results from the conceptual expansion from the dimension of space to that of time. In addition, kakaru and kakeru behave remarkably differently in the way they express the results of behaviors and changes. For example, kakaru may express the sense of "completion" while kakeru does not. These findings may explain the differences between the grammaticalized ~kakaru and ~kakeru

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