Pejoratives in Korean
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Hyun Jung Koo
Abstract
This paper analyzes the patterns of pejoration-marking in Korean. The speaker’s pejorative attitude is realized as diverse morpho-syntactic devices (Koo 2004). The most common devices of pejoration-marking fall under the following six categories classified according to the semantics of the source lexemes and constructions: (i) topographical periphery, (ii) insignificance, (iii) lack of sophistication, (iv) undesirable events/actions/postures, (v) feigned repetition, and (vi) lack of specification. Grammatical categories of these markers encompass prefixes, suffixes, particles, auxiliary verbs, and discourse markers. Of particular interest is the fact that their grammaticalization processes involved diverse conceptual motivations such as metaphor, discursive strategies such as the use of pseudo-quotatives, and socio-cultural motivation involving different uses of linguistic forms depending on the relative statuses of the discourse participants.
Abstract
This paper analyzes the patterns of pejoration-marking in Korean. The speaker’s pejorative attitude is realized as diverse morpho-syntactic devices (Koo 2004). The most common devices of pejoration-marking fall under the following six categories classified according to the semantics of the source lexemes and constructions: (i) topographical periphery, (ii) insignificance, (iii) lack of sophistication, (iv) undesirable events/actions/postures, (v) feigned repetition, and (vi) lack of specification. Grammatical categories of these markers encompass prefixes, suffixes, particles, auxiliary verbs, and discourse markers. Of particular interest is the fact that their grammaticalization processes involved diverse conceptual motivations such as metaphor, discursive strategies such as the use of pseudo-quotatives, and socio-cultural motivation involving different uses of linguistic forms depending on the relative statuses of the discourse participants.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- What is pejoration, and how can it be expressed in language? 1
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Pejoration in different linguistic domains
- Pejorative prosody 21
- How do evaluative derivational meanings arise? A bit of Geforsche and Forscherei 41
- Quantification with pejoratives 75
- Pejoration, normalcy conceptions and generic sentences 103
- Demonstrative pejoratives 119
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Pejoration, slurring and sarcasm
- Slurring as insulting 145
- A multi-act perspective on slurs 167
- The meaning and use of slurs 187
- Pejoration via sarcastic irony and sarcasm 219
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Pejoration in different linguistic contexts
- Pejoration in contact 243
- Bla, bla, bla in German. A pejorative construction? 269
- Pejoratives in Korean 301
- Pejorative aspects attributed to hearing people in signed constructed dialogue 325
- Index 355
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- What is pejoration, and how can it be expressed in language? 1
-
Pejoration in different linguistic domains
- Pejorative prosody 21
- How do evaluative derivational meanings arise? A bit of Geforsche and Forscherei 41
- Quantification with pejoratives 75
- Pejoration, normalcy conceptions and generic sentences 103
- Demonstrative pejoratives 119
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Pejoration, slurring and sarcasm
- Slurring as insulting 145
- A multi-act perspective on slurs 167
- The meaning and use of slurs 187
- Pejoration via sarcastic irony and sarcasm 219
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Pejoration in different linguistic contexts
- Pejoration in contact 243
- Bla, bla, bla in German. A pejorative construction? 269
- Pejoratives in Korean 301
- Pejorative aspects attributed to hearing people in signed constructed dialogue 325
- Index 355
