2007, Vol., No.61

Korean Language & Literature 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.63

pISSN : 1229-1730 / eISSN : 2733-8738
https://journal.kci.go.kr/koreall

The aim of this article is to compare the syntactic and semantic properties between Case Complements (‘i/ka’, ‘ro’) and Normal Complements (‘e’, ‘eso’, ‘eke’, ‘wa/kwa’). The Case Complements compose a pair argument with another argument in its argument structure. The first member of the pair argument plays a role of the subject or object in its syntactic structure, while the second member of the pair argument (Case Complement) plays a role of the predicate with its verb in the syntactic structure. In addition, the Case Complement is accompanied by a copula sentence. On the contrary, the Normal Complement stands alone in the argument structure, and stays in the argument structure of the verb in the syntactic component. The Normal Complement is accompanied by an existential sentence. Because of syntactic and semantic properties of the Case Complement, the Case Complement should be excluded from the complement category in the Korean language.

This study is to distinguish the important function on interrogative of ‘hara’ form by separating ‘nda’ pattern from ‘ga/go’ system, and is also to examine each function. Because the essence on the study could have not revealed with many opinions so this study is to reconsider the existing thoughts. In other words, the function divided into ‘ga/go’ system and ‘nda’ pattern by practising ‘ga/go’, the sign of interrogation, or not. Also the prior function is distinguished ‘nga/go’ pattern from ‘ryeo’ type. The term ‘ryeo’ type is combined with prefinal-ending and the examples are ‘-nyeo/niyeo/nieo/niah, -ryeo/riyeo/rieo/riah, -nyo/nio, -ryo/rio’. In the first place, ‘nda’ pattern and ‘ga/go’ style are discriminated whether a listener is requested any factual information/judgment or any assumptive judgment/explanation. Besides, ‘ga/go’ style is classified into ‘nga’ pattern and ‘ryeo’ type, the prior require assumptive judgment/explanation to a listener and the latter require a listener's opinion after judging or explaining for oneself. That is to say, ‘nda’ pattern is the interrogative requiring factual judgment/explanation to a listener by asking directly, ‘nga’ pattern assum- ptive judgment/explanation to a listener on any cases or situations and ‘ryeo’ type a listener's judgment/explanation after presuming about the cases or situation.

This paper surveys some issues related to the syllable structure of Korean. In the previous literature, it has been considered that the internal structure of syllable in Korean is right-branching following English syllable structure(Fudge 1987 and many others). However, researchers claim that syllable structure of Korean is left-branching, in which the onset and the nucleus form a unit. Apart from left or right branching argument, there is another view for Korean, in which language has flat syllable structure. Three different types of argument has made in the previous research. Thus, I shall try to examine research papers as well as phonology textbooks for student to find out what is the major issue and problem for syllable structure in Korean among them. Finally, I shall introduce the current trend for analysing syllable structure.