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A Study on the Distribution of Manchu Verb Stems and Endings through Quantitative Methods

  • Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
  • 2022, 79(2), pp.221-259
  • DOI : 10.17326/jhsnu.79.2.202205.221
  • Publisher : Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : March 31, 2022
  • Accepted : May 5, 2022
  • Published : May 31, 2022

Do Jeong Up 1 Jung, Sunghoon 2

1서울대학교 인문학연구원
2목포대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to elucidate the characteristics and tendencies of verb stems and converb endings -me, -fi, and -ci that combine with them. This study closely analyzes the aspect of the verb stem that is combined with the converb ending -me, -fi, and -ci shown in Samyeok Chonghae (a Manchu-Korean book) by using a quantitative method. Of the total 19 ending types, there are 8 converb endings. Among them, the frequency of converb endings -me, -fi, and -ci combined with the verb stem accounts for 98% of the total. Verb stems combined with -fi have high mobility, transitivity, or cognition. In particular, achievement verbs/accomplishment verbs in Manchu show a high association rate with -fi. This shows that -fi is strongly related to successiveness. In the case of -me, this ending has a strong tendency to combine with state verbs, verbs with lower mobility or lower transitivity, and emotion verbs. Therefore, it can be seen that the central function of -me is to indicate simultaneousness. When the combined verb is a cognitive verb, -ci often indicates the meaning of cognition. In other cases, -ci indicates a condition.

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