Conjunct However and Detachment

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

When conjunct however is used, it is almost always accompanied by a comma. Compared to other conjuncts, however requires a comma very strictly. This research will bring to light why conjunct however is unique in the requirement of a comma. The accompaniment of a comma to however is to detach the word from the rest of the clause. Without a high degree of detachment with the use of a comma, it would not be certain whether it is being used as conjunct or conjunction. That is, such a degree of detachment is needed to avoid a possible confusion between conjunct however and conjunction however. In addition, this research shows how adverbial however is in contrast with adverbial whatever and though, both of which also can function doubly, like however, as conjunction and adverbial. When these two are used as adverbial, the same degree of detachment is not maintained as in conjunct however. The syntactic reason is clarified here.

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