Description of the Meaning of the Intermediate Compound Verb kiru in Its Various Uses : The Relationship between kiru as a Proper Verb, a Verbal Prefix, and an Auxiliary Verb

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  • 中間的複合動詞「きる」の意味用法の記述 : 本動詞「切る」と前項動詞「切る」,後項動詞「ー切る」と関連づけて
  • チュウカンテキ フクゴウ ドウシ キル ノ イミ ヨウホウ ノ キジュツ ホン

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This paper seeks to explore the relationship between kiru as a proper verb, a verbal prefix, and an auxiliary verb and to examine its meaning in these various uses. To analyze the meaning of the auxiliary compound verb, the form -kiru as an auxiliary verb was removed from specific sentences to determine if this exclusion resulted in a non-sentence. It seems that in sentences which were rendered meaningless by the removal of -kiru, -kiru was acting like a vocabulary compound verb, functioning as an item of vocabulary. In sentences that were not rendered invalid by this removal, -kiru seemed to be acting as syntactic compound verb. Therefore, since the auxiliary verb-kiru can function as both a vocabulary compound verb and a syntactic compound verb it is clearly an intermediate compound verb. In addition, the proper verb kiru and the verbal prefix kiru- show a relationship in that they both convey a sense of "severance," "utterance," "dealing with," or "discontinuation." The proper verb kiru is also related to the auxiliary compound verb -kiru in that both have nuances of "severance," "completion," "extremity," and "self-confidence." Through this analysis it can be seen that the verbal prefix kiru- and the auxiliary verb -kiru are not derived from some abstract meaning totally different from that of the proper verb kiru. Rather it is clear that, although there are differences in degree, kiru- and -kiru are closely related to the proper verb kiru in terms of meaning.

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