There are various types of ‘V_1 + @ + V_2’ compound verb phrases in Korean. Among them, I discuss in this dissertation, the compound verb phrase construction with takes auxiliary verb as V_2. Especially I focus on the compound verb phrases which t...
There are various types of ‘V_1 + @ + V_2’ compound verb phrases in Korean. Among them, I discuss in this dissertation, the compound verb phrase construction with takes auxiliary verb as V_2. Especially I focus on the compound verb phrases which take as their V_2 the following pairs of auxiliaries: p@rita/n¥ta, nohta/tuta, kata/ota, and t¥ta/ssahta.
The main purpose of this dissertation is to show the meaning differences of each pair of compound verb phrases by comparing the construction of each pair of auxiliary verbs. And secondly this study aims to explain the semantic restriction on the preceding verb V_1 by the auxiliary verb V_2.
Each auxiliary verb V_2 is semantically very closely related with the case when it is used as an independent main verb.
So the meaning of the auxiliary verbs is studied on the basis of the meaning of it as a main verb. I discuss some basic characteristics of the two verbs in each pair of auxiliaries in compound verb phrase by looking for the similarities and differences of them in various example sentences according to the context. By examining the semantic relations of V_1 and V_2, I show the co-occurrence relations and restriction relations of them.
a) Two auxiliary verbs ‘p@rita’ and ‘n¥ta’ as V_2 in ‘V_1 + C + V_2’ phrase have in common the meaning of perfaction.
But ‘p rita’ has strong meaning of inactive perfection and if it show voluntary perfection it has the meaning of getting rid of burden. On the other hand, ‘n¥ta’ means endurance or achievement for onself. ‘p@rita’ does not take those verbs which have the meaning of endurance such as ‘chamta’ or ‘p@thita’ as it preceding verb V_1. ‘n¥ta’ does not form a compound verb phrase with those verbs which has the quality of state.
Both ‘p@rita’ and ‘n¥ta’ have the common restriction on the preceding verb, that is, both of them do not take those verbs which express emotion and feeling such as ‘nikkita’ and ‘kiriwChata’.
b) ‘nohta’ and ‘tuta’ as the auxiliary verbs have the meaning of securing something.
But while ‘nohta’ shows the meaning of keeping something without any condition, ‘tuta’ represents the quality of keeping something with reservation. ‘nohta’ means that possession has perfected up to some point of time, but ‘tuta’ means that the object is being taken into custody after the point of time.
There is not any direct restriction as to the occurrence of preceding verbs of ‘nohta’ and ‘tuta’, which is different from the case of ‘pCrita’ and ‘n¥ta’. Rather ‘tuta’ has some restriction on the situational clause and situational adverb. So the auxiliary verb ‘tuta’ neither takes the situational clause which has a primary purpose nor the situational adverbs ‘ta(already)’ and ‘kCii(almost)’ which has the meaning of perfection. ‘nohta’ and ‘tuta’ altogether do not take the emotional verbs as V_1.
c) ‘kata’ and ‘ota’ in V_2 position have semantic relatedness just as they are closely related when they are used as main verbs. They show in common the continuity and directionality of time. While ‘kata’ shows the continuity of time from a certain point of time to future, ‘ota’ represents the continuity of time from a point in past to a certain point of time. Because these auxiliaries ‘kata’ and ‘ota’ shows some quality of continuity, both of them do not take verbs of momentary action. But these two auxiliary verbs are different in the selectional restriction on the preceding verb.’kata’ does not take emotional verbs whereas ‘pta’ takes emotional verbs as V_1.
d) ‘ssahta’ in V_2 position clearly has the quality of repetition and emphasizes the repeated action of V_1. The auxiliary verb ‘t¥ta’ shows the intensity of degree and in V_2 position represents that the action of V_1 is intensified by continuance. So ‘ssahta’ freely takes the verbs of repeated action as V_1. But it does not take ‘t¥ta’ which has the meaning of continuity. And the verbs ‘kata’ and ‘ota’, which have the meaning of continuity, if given some period, can come as V_1 verb of ‘ssahta’. ‘t¥ta’ shows the intensified action by continuance and does not take ‘kata’ and ‘ota’ as V_1 because ‘kata’ and ‘ota’ have the quality of continuity of time. ‘t¥ta’ also does not take ‘anzta’ or ‘s@ta’ which have the quslity of momentary action. Both ‘t¥ta’ and ‘ssahta’ do not take the verbs which express emotion, hope and feeling, and the verbs which show something in process state.