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The structures and interpretations of ‘-eul deutha- constructions’

  • Korean Semantics
  • 2022, 77(), pp.132-152
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Semantics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature
  • Received : August 10, 2022
  • Accepted : September 6, 2022
  • Published : September 30, 2022

Myeong, Jeong-Hee 1

1서강대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this thesis is to show the structural properties and semantic interpretation of ‘-eul deutha-’ constructions. The meaning of ‘-eul deutha-’ constructions can be interpreted in three ways of [conjecture], [intention], and [pretense], with the comprehensive meaning being ‘possibility.’ The lexical item ‘-eul’ expresses the tense and ‘deut’ the meaning of ‘possibility.’ According to the meaning of ‘ha-’, the structure of ‘-eul deutha-’ can be categorized into two types : an epistemic modal construction and a root modal construction. When ‘-eul deutha-’ means [conjecture], ‘ha-’ functions as a support verb without any lexical meanings. However, when ‘-eul deutha-’ is interpreted as [intention] or [pretense], ‘ha-’ has the lexical meaning of a heavy verb. These structural features of ‘-eul deutha-’ constructions can also explain the restrictions on auxiliary predicate constructions when they are combined with other aspectual or modal phrases.

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