AbstractIn this paper, I examined the list of Korean grammatical suffixes attached to NP. In the
three major Korean grammar, i.e. Choi(1971), Huh(1995), Kim(1996), the lists are
different from each other. I examined their lists according to three cr...
AbstractIn this paper, I examined the list of Korean grammatical suffixes attached to NP. In the
three major Korean grammar, i.e. Choi(1971), Huh(1995), Kim(1996), the lists are
different from each other. I examined their lists according to three criteria.. The first
criterion is whether they know inflection. Suffixes must be non-inflectional. The second
is the distribution of candidate form. Korean grammatical suffixes generally have wide
distribution. If a candidate shows restricted distribution, it must belong to a derivational
suffix. The third criterion is for the grammaticalized form from copula, 'ida', If a
candidate form has the predicative power, it is still copula. If it lost power at all, it is a
grammatical suffix.
The result of this examination is that some forms are ascertained to be grammatical
suffixes, and some are excluded.