A Contrastive Study of Grammaticalization Processes in Japanese and Korean : A Typological Perspective(<Special Issue>Grammaticalization in Japanese)

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  • 日本語と韓国語の文法化の対照 : 言語類型論の観点から(<特集>日本語における文法化・機能語化)
  • 日本語と韓国語の文法化の対照--言語類型論の観点から
  • ニホンゴ ト カンコクゴ ノ ブンポウカ ノ タイショウ ゲンゴ ルイケイロン ノ カンテン カラ

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This study presents a contrastive study of grammaticalization processes in Japanese and Korean from a typological perspective. Grammaticalization processes involving (i) nouns, (ii) aspectual constructions, and (iii) verbal inflections are presented to aid understanding of the similarities and differences between the two languages. Though superficially similar in many respects, intriguing differences are found between the two languages regarding the productivity and pathways involved in the specific grammaticalization processes (i)-(iii). There is ample scope for future contrastive studies that pay particular attention to dynamic/synchronic dimensions of grammaticalization-conventionalization of linguistic forms/constructions repeatedly occurring in discourse and the concomitant emergence of specific grammatical meanings-to explore the grammaticalization processes between the two languages.

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