15세기 국어 형용사 구문의 변화 연구

Abstract

This article aims at the investigation for both the diachronic change of Korean adjective constructions and the transitional characteristics. The peculiarity of the change of adjectives can be summarized as the following 3 aspects. First, the appraisal adjective construction resulted from the argument using the ‘S-기에’ formed by the development of ‘-기’ nominalizer. The verbs such as ‘닉다’ and ‘쉽다’ were representative examples. Second, the ‘NP이’ argument of experiencer transformed a qualitive-conditional adjective into a psychological adjective. ‘됴다/둏다’ was a representative example. Third, the lost arguments of adjective constructions such as the ‘NP에’ of standard were relatively less than those of transitive and intransitive constructions.