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5 - Morphology

from Part II - Language Structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2019

Sungdai Cho  and
John Whitman
Sungdai Cho
Affiliation:
State University of New York, Binghamton
John Whitman
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
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Summary

Chapter 5 describes word formation in Korean. We focus on three major aspects of Korean morphology: (1) morphological types and properties, (2) affixation, and (3) compounding. We introduce the approach of Korean grammarians in classifying major parts of speech. They distinguish Category 1 (Nominals: nouns, pronouns and numerals), Category 2 (Predicatives: verbs and adjectives, which can function in Korean as predicates on their own), and Category 3 (Modifiers: determiners, adnominals, adverbials, and particles). We go on to examine bound morphemes, including the bound stems in Category 2, particles in Category 3, and dependent nouns. We also discuss affixation and compounding processes, distinguishing derivational and inflectional affixation and surveying co-compounding/sub-compounding.

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Inflectional morphologyDerivational morphologyCompoundingPostnominal particlesClitic
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A Linguistic Introduction
 , pp. 96 - 145
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Morphology
  • Sungdai Cho, State University of New York, Binghamton, John Whitman, Cornell University, New York
  • Book: Korean
  • Online publication: 14 November 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139048842.006
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  • Morphology
  • Sungdai Cho, State University of New York, Binghamton, John Whitman, Cornell University, New York
  • Book: Korean
  • Online publication: 14 November 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139048842.006
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  • Morphology
  • Sungdai Cho, State University of New York, Binghamton, John Whitman, Cornell University, New York
  • Book: Korean
  • Online publication: 14 November 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139048842.006
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