普通名詞 外延의 意味成分 硏究

Abstract

This study aims at accounting for how a Korean common noun extension is conceptualized in the sentence and discussing features by which the extension is analyzed. In Korean a common noun refers to an object, and the meaning of the noun is determined by extension and intension. Extension is the process of widening the meaning of a word by expansion of the contexts in which it can occur. By contrast, intension designates the features which are necessary to describe or define the thing. It is the connotative and denotative meaning which a speaker gives a word by implication of definition. In Korean, Semantic features of a common noun extension can be analyzed by the following three feature systems: First, Shape feature system decides whether the object, which a common noun extension refers, is intuitive (visible or tangible) or ideal (abstract). Shape features are divided into [+Intuitive concrete], [+intuitive abstract], [ideal concrete], and [ideal abstract]. Secondly, State feature system indicates the condition of the object. Condition features are divided into [+Material], [+Mental], and [+Metaphoric], and the feature [+Material] is subdivided into [+Active] and [+Passive], and the feature [+Passive], in turn, is divided into [+Emo- tion] and [+Appearance]. Finally, Quantity feature system shows how the object is mathematically realized in the sentence. Quantity features are divided into [+Unit], [+Multi], [+Sum], and [+unity]. The features [+Multi] and [+Sum] are subdivided into [+Bounded], [+continuous], and [+Discrete].