@article{ART002631066},
author={Kang Kyu-Young},
title={Three uses of the Korean ending “-tani”},
journal={Korean Semantics},
issn={1226-7198},
year={2020},
volume={69},
pages={219-251},
doi={10.19033/sks.2020.9.69.219}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kang Kyu-Young
TI - Three uses of the Korean ending “-tani”
JO - Korean Semantics
PY - 2020
VL - 69
IS - null
PB - The Society Of Korean Semantics
SP - 219
EP - 251
SN - 1226-7198
AB - This paper shows that there are three different uses of the Korean ending “-tani”; as an exclamative ending, as an echo question ending, and as a rhetorical question ending. These can be distinguished from one another in three ways. First, they are grammaticalized from different reported speech constructions. Second, different kinds of endings and particles can be used with each usage. Finally, unlike the exclamative or rhetorical question usage, as an echo question ending, it does not guarantee the factuality of the proposition—alternatively, the speaker of –tani echo questions requires more information about the prior utterance before they can judge whether the proposition is true or not. Furthermore, while -tani has been suggested as a mirative marker, it expresses different kinds of mirative meanings according to its type. The exclamative and rhetorical question uses express a range of mirative meanings, such as counterexpectation or new information. The echo question ending use, however, only expresses the speaker’s unprepared mind towards the prior utterance.
KW - -tani;echo question;rhetorical question;mirativity;counterexpectation;exclamatory sentence;reported speech construction;-neunyani;-jani;-eurani
DO - 10.19033/sks.2020.9.69.219
ER -
Kang Kyu-Young. (2020). Three uses of the Korean ending “-tani”. Korean Semantics, 69, 219-251.
Kang Kyu-Young. 2020, "Three uses of the Korean ending “-tani”", Korean Semantics, vol.69, pp.219-251. Available from: doi:10.19033/sks.2020.9.69.219
Kang Kyu-Young "Three uses of the Korean ending “-tani”" Korean Semantics 69 pp.219-251 (2020) : 219.
Kang Kyu-Young. Three uses of the Korean ending “-tani”. 2020; 69 219-251. Available from: doi:10.19033/sks.2020.9.69.219
Kang Kyu-Young. "Three uses of the Korean ending “-tani”" Korean Semantics 69(2020) : 219-251.doi: 10.19033/sks.2020.9.69.219
Kang Kyu-Young. Three uses of the Korean ending “-tani”. Korean Semantics, 69, 219-251. doi: 10.19033/sks.2020.9.69.219
Kang Kyu-Young. Three uses of the Korean ending “-tani”. Korean Semantics. 2020; 69 219-251. doi: 10.19033/sks.2020.9.69.219
Kang Kyu-Young. Three uses of the Korean ending “-tani”. 2020; 69 219-251. Available from: doi:10.19033/sks.2020.9.69.219
Kang Kyu-Young. "Three uses of the Korean ending “-tani”" Korean Semantics 69(2020) : 219-251.doi: 10.19033/sks.2020.9.69.219
