보조용언의 문법화 양상 - ‘가다’, ‘오다’, ‘두다’, ‘버리다’를 중심으로

Abstract

This paper aims to understand how auxiliary predicate is grammaticalized and used unlike non-auxiliary predicate. Frequently used verbs such as ‘가다(go)’, ‘오다(come)’, ‘두다(put)’ and ‘버리다(throw)’ are set as objects of study and their meanings used in Medieval Korean Language and Modern Korean Language are studied. In modern Korean Language, both ‘가다(go)’ and ‘오다(come)’ are used as main predicate and auxiliary predicate. ‘가다(go)’ as main predicate indicates ‘moving from one place to another’ and ‘오다(come)’ as main predicate indicates ‘moving toward a speaker or a standard point.’ ‘가다(go)’ as auxiliary predicate indicates ‘passage of time or changes in state’ and ‘오다(come)’ as auxiliary predicate indicates ‘changing state or phenomenon.’ This paper proposes the method(s) to verify if ‘가다(go)’, ‘오다(come)’, ‘두다(put)’ and ‘버리다(throw)’ are used as auxiliary predicate. Auxiliary predicate followed by main predicate is closely related to main predicate. Therefore, this paper adds ‘-서’ to the ending of a preceding predicate to see if other elements can be intervened between the two predicates. And as it is thought that changing the location of two predicates will not alter their meanings if both preceding predicate and following predicate are used as main predicate, this paper decides to change the location of two predicates. Finally, preceding predicate is removed to see if auxiliary predicate is dependent or not. By using these three methods, this paper finds that ‘가다(go)’, ‘오다(come)’, ‘두다(put)’ and ‘버리다(throw)’ are used as auxiliary predicate and proposes verification method(s).