The Morphosyntax of Jejuan –ko Clause Linkages

Main author: Kim, Soung-U
Format: Journal Article           
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recordtype eprints
institution SOAS, University of London
collection SOAS Research Online
language English
language_search English
topic P Philology. Linguistics
PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
description While clause linkage is a relatively understudied area within Koreanic linguistics, the Korean –ko clause linkage has been studied more extensively. Authors have deemed it interesting since depending on the successive/non-successive interpretation of its events, a –ko clause linkage exhibits all or no properties of what is traditionally known as coordination or subordination. Jejuan –ko clauses may look fairly similar to Korean on the surface, and exhibit a similar lack of semantic specification. This study shows that the traditional, dichotomous coordination-subordination opposition is not applicable to Jejuan –ko clauses. I propose that instead of applying a-priori categories to the exploration of clause linkage in Koreanic varieties, one should apply a multidimensional model that lets patterns emerge in an inductive way.
format Journal Article
author Kim, Soung-U
author_facet Kim, Soung-U
authorStr Kim, Soung-U
author_letter Kim, Soung-U
title The Morphosyntax of Jejuan –ko Clause Linkages
publisher Language Education Institute, Seoul National University
publishDate 2019
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/31561/