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The Re-examination of Coordination and Subordination

Kim keonhee 1

1서원대학교

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ABSTRACT

The aims of this study are to re-examine the distinction between coordinationand subordination by studying the previous criteria (comprising‘symmetry’, ‘movement’, ‘anaphora’, and ‘the topic particle -nun’) and topropose a new perspective on coordination and subordination based oncomplex sentences which illustrate the focus and contrast of semanticpragmatics. In this study, the coordination and subordination of the complexsentences are examined in particular by the universal coordinative/subordinative standard, ‘shared tense’ and ‘(non-)switch reference’. As ‘-ci’ subordinative sentences show subordinaton according to thelanguage typological coordinative/subordinative standard of shared tenseand (non-)switch reference, the ‘-ci’ sentence, which is a traditional ‘focusand contrast’ sentence, can be seen to show subordination. The ‘or’ coordinativesentences (focus and contrast) show coordination from the viewof symmetry, and subordination from the view of (non-)switch reference. In previous studies, such as Lee (1995), Sohn (1999), it has been assertedthat the distinction between coordination and subordination is the matter of degree. This position is further developed in this study by concretelyexplaining, according to a new distinction criteria, the degrees required forsubordination vis-à-vis coordination. Consequently there exists flexibility,not dichotomy, in the relationship between coordination and subordination.

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