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A study of the meanings of the Korean "이상(isang)" and "이하(iha)" : focuse on the scope-limiting meaning

  • Korean Semantics
  • 2010, 33(), pp.229-257
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Semantics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

李红梅 1

1중국 남경사범대학교

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ABSTRACT

By analyzing the antecedents of Korean words ‘이상’ and ‘이하’ with semantic features of [+benchmark] and [+directivity] in sentences followed by nouns with the semantic features of [+affiliation], [+order], and [+stage], this paper considers these two words’ semantic meanings in term of scope, which characterizes to express the semantic meanings of quantity, degree, and scope of statement. Besides, ‘이상’ can express the meaning of extentand condition, which forms semantic asymmetry with ‘이하’.

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