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A Comparison of Grammaticalization and Degrammaticalization in Contemporary Korean Language

Yang Young Hee 1

1전남대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this discussion is to compare grammaticalization and degrammaticalization to identify the intrinsic nature of each phenomenon. First of all, most grammaticalization processes progress in direction, but a grammatical form may cause a chain reaction. On the other hand, degrammaticalization shows a difference in that it only proceeds to the unilinear direction. Secondly, in grammaticalization, speakers use two language forms consecutively and recognize the two forms as a single unit. Contrastively, it is assumed that degrammaticalization results from the disconnection or separation of collocation. Thirdly, grammaticalization makes a language form transform from a concrete and lexical meaning to an abstract and grammatical meaning. There is, however, no such change in meaning in degrammaticalization.

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