한국어 사동구문의 의미 -원형의미론적 접근-

Abstract

This study aims to explicate the semantics of Korean causative constructions from the prototype semantics perspective. It first points out the problems and limitations of previous studies on this topic which were based on the classical theory of categorization and then shows that various aspects of the meaning/ function of Korean causative constructions, which are very elusive to the checklist approach to linguistic meaning, are systematically accounted for in terms of prototypes and prototype effects: the "short-form" and "long-form" causatives are prototypically used to express direct and indirect causation respectively, while they both exhibit prototype effects. This study also examines the diachronic change of the function of the short-form causative and discusses the interactional relationships between the short-form and the long-form causatives.