In this paper a comparative study has been made of the tense system between English and Korean.
The followings are the major important conclusions.
1.Tense= Aspect Is distinctively shown in English, whereas that of Korean can be conceptually discrim...
In this paper a comparative study has been made of the tense system between English and Korean.
The followings are the major important conclusions.
1.Tense= Aspect Is distinctively shown in English, whereas that of Korean can be conceptually discriminated, but my belief is that morphologically tense-aspect can't be separately expressed in Korean.
2.The present tense and present progressive tenst in English corresponds to 'φ (absolute present tense formative)'in Korean.
3.The fact that 'φ' has the meaning of progressive tense is one of the tense systems of Korean.
4.The progressive forms in English are frequently used to express futuristic meanings, whereas 'φ' in Korean is futuristic expression, but nut '-Ko Yiss(-고 있)'
5.The frequency of 'φ' that expresses the past tense is higher in Korean than in English.
6.'o˘ss (었)' used in future tense is either a modalistic usage or emphatic expression, whereas 'the past tense' in English denotes politeness.
7.The past tense, past progressive tense, and present perfect in English are equivalent to 'o˘ss (었)' which is absolute past tense for native.
8.'Kess(겠)' and 'to˘(더)' fall under the modal category.
9.'o˘ss(었)' and 'o˘ss-o˘ss(었었)' are absolute past tense formatives, which expresses the past, past progressive and perfect tense.