A Comparative Study on Demonstratives in Korean and English
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This study aims to examine the distribution and uses of demonstratives, a major class of spatial deixis, in Korean, in comparison with English from a comparative perspective. We particularly explore whether the two languages are different with respect to a full inventory of semantico-pragmatic features influencing the selection of demonstratives and look further into whether there is any difference in the way even the same kinds of features are operative. Building on Imai (2003), we first suggest that physical distance and an addressee-oriented feature are commonly operative in demonstrative choice in both languages; departing from Imai, however, we argue that just as in English, psychological distance and [Equi-distance Contrast] should be included on the list of semantico-pragmatic features for Korean. Secondly, extending Niimura and Hayashi’s (1996) observation on Japanese and English, we claim that when physical and psychological distance conflict, the former determinant takes precedence over the latter in Korean whereas the hierarchical order is reversed in English. Finally, we show that the use of a pair of contrastive demonstratives is not always possible but restricted by a contextual condition: in short, the referents must be within the addressee’s physical territory in Korean (cf. Meira & Terrill (2005) for English). A consequence from our study is that it would not be sufficient just to provide a list of determining features for demonstratives.
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This study aims to examine the distribution and uses of demonstratives, a major class of spatial deixis, in Korean, in comparison with English from a comparative perspective. We particularly explore whether the two languages are different with respect to a full inventory of semantico-pragmatic features influencing the selection of demonstratives and look further into whether there is any difference in the way even the same kinds of features are operative. Building on Imai (2003), we first suggest that physical distance and an addressee-oriented feature are commonly operative in demonstrative choice in both languages; departing from Imai, however, we argue that just as in English, psychological distance and [Equi-distance Contrast] should be included on the list of semantico-pragmatic features for Korean. Secondly, extending Niimura and Hayashi’s (1996) observation on Japanese and English, we claim that when physical and psychological distance conflict, the former determinant takes precedence over the latter in Korean whereas the hierarchical order is reversed in English. Finally, we show that the use of a pair of contrastive demonstratives is not always possible but restricted by a contextual condition: in short, the referents must be within the addressee’s physical territory in Korean (cf. Meira & Terrill (2005) for English). A consequence from our study is that it would not be sufficient just to provide a list of determining features for demonstratives.
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