형용사 반복구성 -희디 희다, 크나 크다, 넓고 넓다- = Adjective Reduplication in Korean

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Korean has repetitive constructions where the stem of an adjective is repeated and connected by either -ti, -na, or -ko. These constructions are often applied to adjectives of color terms. The three forms of adjective repetition show the same semantic function of intensity but display various morpho-syntactic differences. Based on their lexical distribution and morpho-syntactic properties, we take the -ti form the most typical and argue that the -ti and -na forms are morphological, whereas the -ko form is syntactic. We further argue that the -ti and -na forms are prefix reduplication and that -ti and -na are not a connective suffix but a phonemic melody prespeclfied to the ruduplicative prefix. Similar adjective reduplications are widely observed in Altaic languages.