Chapter 3. On divergent paths and functions of ‘background’-based discourse markers in Korean
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Seongha Rhee
Abstract
This paper analyzes two polyfunctional discourse markers (DMs) in Korean, kulssey and kuntey, which share lexical and grammatical sources, with the meaning of ‘at the time’ for kulssey and ‘at the place’ for kuntey. They denote the background of an action/event (‘in such circumstances’), which is their primary meaning when used as connective adverbs. Despite these source commonalities, when they developed into DMs, their functional differences are pronounced, only with a few shared functions. They show a certain degree of positional preferences by function, but at a more comprehensive level, left- and right-periphery do not show rigid functional dichotomy with respect to subjectification and intersubjectification, often hypothesized in the literature. Instead, the role of prosody is more crucial.
Abstract
This paper analyzes two polyfunctional discourse markers (DMs) in Korean, kulssey and kuntey, which share lexical and grammatical sources, with the meaning of ‘at the time’ for kulssey and ‘at the place’ for kuntey. They denote the background of an action/event (‘in such circumstances’), which is their primary meaning when used as connective adverbs. Despite these source commonalities, when they developed into DMs, their functional differences are pronounced, only with a few shared functions. They show a certain degree of positional preferences by function, but at a more comprehensive level, left- and right-periphery do not show rigid functional dichotomy with respect to subjectification and intersubjectification, often hypothesized in the literature. Instead, the role of prosody is more crucial.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Grammar, discourse, and the grammar-discourse interface 1
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Part I. Discourse markers
- Chapter 1. On the rise of discourse markers 23
- Chapter 2. On the pragmatic development of modal particles in Navarrese-Lapurdian Basque 57
- Chapter 3. On divergent paths and functions of ‘background’-based discourse markers in Korean 77
- Chapter 4. Reanalysis and the emergence of adverbial connectors in the history of Japanese 101
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Part II. Discourse markers
- Chapter 5. The meaning and functions of French je pense (que) 127
- Chapter 6. Discourse markers and brain lateralization 157
- Chapter 7. Vietnamese expletive between grammatical subject and subjectivity marker 195
- Chapter 8. The final particle like in Northern English 229
- Chapter 9. On pragma-semantics of expressives 245
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Part III. Discourse-related grammatical phenomena
- Chapter 10. A just amazing marker in French: “Juste” 275
- Chapter 11. On how the distinction between reciprocal and collective verbs affects (anti-)control 299
- Chapter 12. The rise of cause/reason adverbial markers in Yaqui (Uto-Aztecan) 313
- Index 353
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Grammar, discourse, and the grammar-discourse interface 1
-
Part I. Discourse markers
- Chapter 1. On the rise of discourse markers 23
- Chapter 2. On the pragmatic development of modal particles in Navarrese-Lapurdian Basque 57
- Chapter 3. On divergent paths and functions of ‘background’-based discourse markers in Korean 77
- Chapter 4. Reanalysis and the emergence of adverbial connectors in the history of Japanese 101
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Part II. Discourse markers
- Chapter 5. The meaning and functions of French je pense (que) 127
- Chapter 6. Discourse markers and brain lateralization 157
- Chapter 7. Vietnamese expletive between grammatical subject and subjectivity marker 195
- Chapter 8. The final particle like in Northern English 229
- Chapter 9. On pragma-semantics of expressives 245
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Part III. Discourse-related grammatical phenomena
- Chapter 10. A just amazing marker in French: “Juste” 275
- Chapter 11. On how the distinction between reciprocal and collective verbs affects (anti-)control 299
- Chapter 12. The rise of cause/reason adverbial markers in Yaqui (Uto-Aztecan) 313
- Index 353
