A study on a subtype of ‘-hi-’ suffix constructions: focused on characteristics of Korean potential passive (‘-히-’계 접미사 구문의 한 유형에 대한 고찰 - 한국어 가능 피동의 특성을 중심으로 -)

NAM SU KYONG (남수경)

A study on a subtype of ‘-hi-’ suffix constructions: focused on characteristics of Korean potential passive

Korean Semantics
2012, 37(), pp.77-102
Publisher : The Society Of Korean Semantics
Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

NAM SU KYONG ¹

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ABSTRACT

A study on a subtype of ‘-hi-’ suffix constructions: focused on characteristics of Korean potential passive. Korean Sematics, 37. This paper is concerned about a ‘-hi-’ suffix construction which displays potential meaning. This construction has been considered as a peculiar type of passive in the tradition of Korean linguistics. However, this paper contends that it can be identified as ‘potential passive’ or ‘middle construction’ found cross-linguistically. The potential passive is marked in various ways across languages. In some languages, such potential passive sentences are marked like passives or middles, and in other languages, they are unmarked like actives. However, they share core properties like the following. They are generic in character, and have potential meaning. In addition, they involve the implicit argument. As a result, this construction belongs to the middle voice. On the other hand, there exists a special type of intransitive verbs called ‘middle verbs’. Some researchers have mentioned it in connection with the middle construction under discussion. However, those verbs don’t indicate any properties mentioned above. Therefore, they should be dealt with independently of potential passive or middle.

KEYWORDS

‘-히-’계 접미사 구문(‘-hi-’ suffix construction), 가능 의미(potential meaning), 가능 피동(potential passive), 중동 구문(middle construction), 능동(active). 피동(passive), 중동(middle), 총칭성(genericity), 잠재 논항(implicit argument)

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