2017, Vol.57, No.

Korean Semantics 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 1.11

pISSN : 1226-7198 / eISSN : 2734-0171
https://journal.kci.go.kr/semantics

The Specificity of the Conceptual Metaphors – Focusing on the Analysis of Korean ‘Sa-Lang(LOVE)’ in late 19th and early 20th centuries corpus. Korean Semantics, 57. In this study, we analyzed the conceptual metaphor of 'LOVE' in the corpus of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and confirmed the specificity of the conceptual metaphor. In this period, 'LOVE' shows much lower use of metaphors than non-metaphors. In addition, the frequency and type of metaphor used vary from genre to genre. In particular, there are the difference of conceptual metaphor between the Christian literature and Old novel. The metaphorical types which are seen as the same in all respects are also different in detail, and through these examples, we can confirm that the conceptual metaphor is made through cultural specificity.

Korean Semantic, 57. The aim of this paper is to investigate the grammaticalization of final endings ‘-eungeol’ and ‘-eulgeol’. Final endings ‘-eungeol’ and ‘-eulgeol’ have been changed from ‘-eun geoseul’ and ‘-eul geoseul’, which are NPs combined with ‘-eul’(accusative marker) modified by complement adnominal clause ‘-eun’ and ‘-eul’. These constructions, namely ‘-eun geoseul’ and ‘-eul geoseul’ have been used as an object of transitive verb since the 15th century. However these constructions began to be used as topicalized component in the 16th century, and then was changed to connective endings and terminal endings. Usages of ‘-eun geoseul’ and ‘-eul geoseul’ as connective endings and terminal endings were rarely found in the 16th century, and more after 17th century. Examples of ‘-eun geoseul’ and ‘-eul geoseul’ as connective endings and terminal endings were mostly found in the colloquial materials, and this tendency was assumed to affect the colloquial characteristics of ‘-eungeol’ and ‘-eulgeol’.

Korean Semantic, 57. In this paper, I establish a new type of modal disjunction system in Korean. Thus far, (i)na has been considered as a typical modal disjunctive particle. Introducing inka as a new type of modal disjunctive particle, I propose that the class of Koran modal disjunctive particles is not homogeneous, and there should be ﬁne-grained distinction system. Considering that (lack of) epistemic knowledge of the speaker is one of the possible dimensions of variation within the class of modal disjunction, my proposal on the use of inka is identified as an irrealis marker (Mauri 2008) which specifies alternative disjuncts with irrealis value. I further show that the epistemic constraint of inka on the irrealis value is characterized as a condition of minimal variation and uncertainty of anti-specific disjunction in the sense of Giannakidou and Quer (2013).