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Publication Year
2022-03-01
Journal
Linguistic Research
Publisher
Institute for the Study of Language and Information
Citation
Linguistic Research, Vol.39 No.1, pp.95-126
Keyword
causalitycausecontinuum representationKoreansentence-final -nikkastance marker
All Science Classification Codes (ASJC)
Language and LinguisticsLinguistics and Language
Abstract
Lee, Hye-Kyung. 2022. A corpus study of the reversed causality. Linguistic Research 39(1): 95-126. This study analyzes the sentence-final causal connective -nikka in Korean. Based on corpus data, several meanings or functions of sentence-final -nikka clauses are identified, including epistemic causality, speech-act causality, and discourse marking, each with several subcategories. The findings corroborate earlier research that identified the first two meanings. The construction under discussion can serve as a discourse marker mainly modulating the impact of an assertion or speech act, since presenting a cause or reason for a situation is one of the most accessible means to express politeness. This study reports cases in which the conventional time sequence between a cause and a consequence is transposed while providing a cause for a speech act depicted in a main clause. Additionally, this study suggests that sentence-final -nikka clauses can stand alone without any deleted or preposed main clauses to impart circumstantial or additional information inferable from the context. To represent the various senses of the construction, a continuum model is proposed for both theoretical and practical reasons, wherein the core underlying meaning is argued to be causality, which is fleshed out in a specific context. (Ajou University)
ISSN
1229-1374
Language
eng
URI
https://aurora.ajou.ac.kr/handle/2018.oak/32683
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DOI
https://doi.org/2-s2.0-85129649897
Journal URL
http://isli.khu.ac.kr/journal/
Type
Article
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