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A Study on the Way of Concept Expansion about ‘N1-Jaebae, N1-Kyungjak’ Compund Words

  • Korean Semantics
  • 2014, 43(), pp.83-106
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Semantics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

MinJeong Jo 1

1연세대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study intends to investigate which factor makes the differences in concept expansion and productivity of ‘N1-jaebae, N1-kyungjak’ compound words. Jaebae and kyungjak are predicative nouns which make the compound word with its argument in Korean. However there are differences in concept expansion and productivity of compound words. Jaebae compound words mean mainly method, but kyungjak compounds means activity, and method. The differences between those concepts are originated from the previous understanding of Korean speaker over kyungjak and jaebae activities. What is more the productivity of two compound nouns are different. That reason is which is important in human life, new words which are indicated those thing are made productively. So there are differences between that two compound nouns. This study shows that the factor of concept expansion is under ‘previous understanding’ which belongs to language, and the factor of productivities’ change is under ‘the law of proximity’ which belongs to social environments of Korean speaker.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.