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@article{ART002570518},
author={Choi, Sung-ho},
title={The Semantics and Syntax of ‘eoss’},
journal={Korean Semantics},
issn={1226-7198},
year={2020},
volume={67},
pages={121-163},
doi={10.19033/sks.2020.3.67.121}

TY - JOUR
AU - Choi, Sung-ho
TI - The Semantics and Syntax of ‘eoss’
JO - Korean Semantics
PY - 2020
VL - 67
IS - null
PB - The Society Of Korean Semantics
SP - 121
EP - 163
SN - 1226-7198
AB - This paper attempts to clarify the semantic and syntactic nature of ‘eoss’, which has been termed a “pre-final ending” signifying the past tense or perfective aspect. Emphasizing the distinction between the concepts of meaning and reference in any semantics-related research, it entertains that the fact that a sentence including ‘eoss’ is used to refer to a past event does not indicate that ‘eoss’ has the basic meaning of ‘past tense’. On the analysis of the empirical conversational data, ‘eoss’ is semantically characterized as ‘being finished’. This semantic characterization of ‘eoss’ is closely tied with its syntactic nature, which is a sort of “clitics”, whose scope is not the word-stem, but the preceding phrase. Further from the perspective of its behavior in the sentence formation process ‘eoss’ is rather a referent-requiring element than a grammar-requiring element. This syntagmatic character explains the reason why the paradigmatic opposition of ‘eoss’ vs. ‘neun/ø’ cannot be established in the Korean grammar.
KW - ‘eoss’;tense;aspect;modality;reference;meaning;being finished;obligatoriness;opposition/contrast;zero form;inflection;pre-final ending;agglutination
DO - 10.19033/sks.2020.3.67.121
ER -

Choi, Sung-ho. (2020). The Semantics and Syntax of ‘eoss’. Korean Semantics, 67, 121-163.

Choi, Sung-ho. 2020, "The Semantics and Syntax of ‘eoss’", Korean Semantics, vol.67, pp.121-163. Available from: doi:10.19033/sks.2020.3.67.121

Choi, Sung-ho "The Semantics and Syntax of ‘eoss’" Korean Semantics 67 pp.121-163 (2020) : 121.

Choi, Sung-ho. The Semantics and Syntax of ‘eoss’. 2020; 67 121-163. Available from: doi:10.19033/sks.2020.3.67.121

Choi, Sung-ho. "The Semantics and Syntax of ‘eoss’" Korean Semantics 67(2020) : 121-163.doi: 10.19033/sks.2020.3.67.121

Choi, Sung-ho. The Semantics and Syntax of ‘eoss’. Korean Semantics, 67, 121-163. doi: 10.19033/sks.2020.3.67.121

Choi, Sung-ho. The Semantics and Syntax of ‘eoss’. Korean Semantics. 2020; 67 121-163. doi: 10.19033/sks.2020.3.67.121

Choi, Sung-ho. The Semantics and Syntax of ‘eoss’. 2020; 67 121-163. Available from: doi:10.19033/sks.2020.3.67.121

Choi, Sung-ho. "The Semantics and Syntax of ‘eoss’" Korean Semantics 67(2020) : 121-163.doi: 10.19033/sks.2020.3.67.121