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Possessive relations and possessive constructions

  • Korean Semantics
  • 2012, 39(), pp.125-148
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Semantics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

Kim, Cheon-Hak 1

1서울시립대학교

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ABSTRACT

The aim of this paper is to research into some traits of the possessive construction. The linguistic possessive expression is restricted when they have possessive relations. Two elements in this relation should be a possessor and a possessed. The possessive expression consists of a NP-internal possessive construction and a predicative possessive construction. The former is composed when two noun phrases has possessive relations, meanwhile the latter is composed when a predicate in the sentence plays a role to mediate possessive relations. The possessor is mainly ahead of the possessed generally in the linguistic possessive expression; however it is possible to the reverse. So a possessed precedency construction is possible, when the structure of 'determiner#possessed+uy#possessor' has the inalienable possessive relation to the NP-internal construction in Korean. Meanwhile, in the predicative possessive construction, the ‘belong to’ construction can express the possessed precedency construction in English; however, the ‘copula’ construction can express this one in Korean.

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