BSU bulletin. Philosophy
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EXPRESSION OF CONCESSIVE RELATIONS IN THE KOREAN LANGUAGE // BSU bulletin. Philosophy. - 2017. №6. Филология. Philology. - С. 24-30.
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EXPRESSION OF CONCESSIVE RELATIONS IN THE KOREAN LANGUAGE
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Concessive relations in the Korean language can be expressed by many conjunc- tive affixes. Some of them may have not only concessive but also contrastive meaning. The difference between opposition and concession lies in the following fact — opposi- tion implies that the speaker adopts the dependent predicative unit as an actual fact al- ready exists in reality or fact in future recognized as actual. If the dependent predicative unit is irrespective to the reality of fact and suppose any action or statement, the conces- sive meaning is expressed here. Affixes -지만, -(으)나, -아도 can replace each other when real fact is expressed by the dependent predicative unit. If the dependent predica- tive unit contain a supposed or impossible action, the use of conjunctive affix -지만 and
-(으)나 makes the sentence erroneous. Compound forms -(으)ㄹ망정 and
-(으)ㄹ지언정 also express concessive meaning, when the speaker chooses a dependent action. The speaker, however, makes the choice basing not on sympathy but basing on the lack of desire to choose the major predicative unit. Sometimes, these concessive affixes are used in the contrastive meaning. In such sentences, the content of the de- pendent predicative unit is a real fact, and the affixes express opposition. Thus, we see that modality plays a significant role in the determination of the meaning of conjunctive affix. Depending on the speakers’ recognition of the content marked by conjunctive affix as real or unreal different meanings are expressed.
-(으)나 makes the sentence erroneous. Compound forms -(으)ㄹ망정 and
-(으)ㄹ지언정 also express concessive meaning, when the speaker chooses a dependent action. The speaker, however, makes the choice basing not on sympathy but basing on the lack of desire to choose the major predicative unit. Sometimes, these concessive affixes are used in the contrastive meaning. In such sentences, the content of the de- pendent predicative unit is a real fact, and the affixes express opposition. Thus, we see that modality plays a significant role in the determination of the meaning of conjunctive affix. Depending on the speakers’ recognition of the content marked by conjunctive affix as real or unreal different meanings are expressed.
Keywords:
concessive relations; the Korean language; conjunctive affixes; modal- ity, speakers’ recognition; opposition.
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