국어 담화 표지 ‘자’에 대한 연구

Abstract

This paper is aimed to show the syntactic restrictions and the discourse functions of ‘ja(자)’ which is very frequently used among the korean discourse markers. The syntactic restrictions of the discourse marker ‘ja’ are as follows: first, the speaker should be the hearer's senior, second, the moment of speaking is always present, third, the use of the discourse marker ‘ja’ should co-occur with the propositive and imperative mood, and finally there is a limitation of a movement, i.e., ‘ja’ may not be situated in the end of the sentence. The discourse function has a primary and a secondary functions. The former is a request and a change and the latter is a substitute of action and a attraction of someone else's attentions.