The role of frequency and prosody in the grammaticalization of Korean -canh-
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Sung-Ock S. Sohn
Abstract
This paper investigates the role of frequency and prosody in the emergence of the new interactive marker -canh- from the committal suffix ci- plus negation verb anh- in Korean. Using a spoken recorded corpus drawn from natural discourse, this study provides empirical evidence of the role of boundary tones in grammaticalization. It shows that the source form is marked with a high boundary tone, whereas the emergent form is primarily marked with a low boundary tone. Moreover, the source and target forms exhibit a distinct pattern of collocation frequency. This study has some theoretical implications for grammaticalization studies by showing that the prosodic features and frequency may interact in the process of grammaticalization.
Abstract
This paper investigates the role of frequency and prosody in the emergence of the new interactive marker -canh- from the committal suffix ci- plus negation verb anh- in Korean. Using a spoken recorded corpus drawn from natural discourse, this study provides empirical evidence of the role of boundary tones in grammaticalization. It shows that the source form is marked with a high boundary tone, whereas the emergent form is primarily marked with a low boundary tone. Moreover, the source and target forms exhibit a distinct pattern of collocation frequency. This study has some theoretical implications for grammaticalization studies by showing that the prosodic features and frequency may interact in the process of grammaticalization.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction 1
- On problem areas in grammaticalization 17
- Grammaticalization within and outside of a domain 43
- Delexicalizing di 63
- Should conditionals be emergent … 93
- From manner expression to attitudinal discourse marker 137
- Grammaticalization and lexicalization effects in participial morphology 191
- Frequency as a cause of semantic change 225
- The role of frequency and prosody in the grammaticalization of Korean -canh- 245
- Emergence of the indefinite article 275
- To dare to or not to 289
- Author index 327
- Index of languages and language families 331
- Subject index 333
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction 1
- On problem areas in grammaticalization 17
- Grammaticalization within and outside of a domain 43
- Delexicalizing di 63
- Should conditionals be emergent … 93
- From manner expression to attitudinal discourse marker 137
- Grammaticalization and lexicalization effects in participial morphology 191
- Frequency as a cause of semantic change 225
- The role of frequency and prosody in the grammaticalization of Korean -canh- 245
- Emergence of the indefinite article 275
- To dare to or not to 289
- Author index 327
- Index of languages and language families 331
- Subject index 333
