Grammaticalization of kes construction in Korean: Grammaticalization path and emergence of (inter)subjective meanings
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2023
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This study deals with the kes constructions in Korean with a focus on their grammaticalization path, as well as their (inter)subjective meanings in natural discourse. This study investigates how kes construction has changed from a perspective of grammaticalization based on Present Day Korean corpus data.kes construction has shown evidence of grammaticalization as it evolves to a more grammaticalized item. For example, phonological reduction, semantic change, functional divergence, and increased bondedness changed its structure. As kes construction is grammaticalized, it developed new meanings that are more subjective/intersubjective. These meanings are derived from its core meanings(emphasis/highlight), but these meanings have gained more specific functions as speakers use kes construction in various situations to show the speaker’s perspective or attitude toward the proposition or the hearer, such as describing a past event as an On-the-spot event, confirmation, strong assertion/seeking agreement or compliance. As kes construction is frequently used in various situations, it has expanded (or changed) its boundary to the (inter)subjective side like other linguistic elements do from a grammaticalization perspective. Although kes construction is still context-dependent, it has distinctive features that can differentiate it from other linguistic elements.
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Language, Linguistics, (inter)subjectivity, Grammaticalization, kes construction, Korean linguistics
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